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“As soon as I learned from my mother that there was a place called school that I must attend willy nilly — a place where you were obliged to think about matters prescribed by a ‘teacher,’ not about matters decided by yourself—I was appalled.” ― Fred Hoyle 1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, Venetian Baroque organist and composer.…

“There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.” ― Robert G. Ingersoll 1737 Joseph Nollekens, English sculptor. 1833 Robert G. Ingersoll, American writer, orator and agnostic. 1858 Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and professor of physiology… Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he…

“Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.” ― Albert Einstein 1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera. Dixit Dominus Salmo 109 a 9 voci 1589 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, Italian composer 1737 Anton Losenko, Russian painter. 1740 Samuel Arnold,…

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” ― Albert Schweitzer 1593 Izaak Walton, English biographer and author 1631 John Dryden, English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright. 1648…

Thought of the Day… “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” ― Ambrose Bierce 1571 John Ward, English composer. Upon a Bank with Roses, and Fantasia à 5, Dolce languir 1646 Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter 1823 Théodule-Augustin Ribot, French realist painter 1857 Cécile Chaminade, French composer…

Thought of the Day… “Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,and you’re hampered by not having any,the best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find,is simply by spinning a penny.No – not so that chance shall decide the affairwhile you’re passively standing there moping;but the moment the penny is up in the air,you…

Thought of the Day… “Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview – nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.” ― Stephen Jay Gould 1619 Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. Che si può fare op. 8, and O Maria, and Lagrime Mie 1809 Alfred…

Thought of the Day… “Why did the humanitarian philosophy of eighteenth century Europe usher in the Reign of Terror? It did not happen by chance; it followed from the original premise, objective and means proposed. The objective is to do good to others as a primary justification of existence; the means is the power of…

Thought of the Day… “Libertarians make no exceptions to the golden rule and provide no moral loophole, no double standard, for government.” ― Murray N. Rothbard 1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish artist, architect and designer of tapestries and stained glass (court painter to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). 1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, French painter and…

Thought of the Day… “We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to enquire. We know that the wages…