Tony's Garden

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” — G.K. Chesterton BIRTHDAYS: 1445 Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Early Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), born in Florence, Republic of Florence. 1494 Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini], Italian Renaissance painter, born…

Javid Shah.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It’s not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Not being heard is no reason for silence.” — Victor Hugo BIRTHDAYS: 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist (Dr Faustus). 1587 Stefano Landi, Italian opera composer (Il Sant’Alessio), and teacher, born in Rome, Papal States. A che più l’arco tendere 1677 Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, born in Taranto, Kingdom…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.” — Anthony Burgess BIRTHDAYS: 1555 Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (Versa est in luctum), baptized in Osuna, Habsburg Spain. Versa est in luctum 1727 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer, harpsichordist, and organist. Allemande in G Major, Pièces de…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Even so those who teach little children too often have the idea that they are educating babies and seek to place themselves on the child’s level by approaching him with games, and often with foolish stories. Instead of all this, we must know how to call to the man which lies…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. Certain commodities came to be money quite naturally, as the result of economic relationships that were independent of the power of the…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulae have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers, that we get more out of them than was originally put into them.” — Heinrich Hertz BIRTHDAYS: 1732 George Washington,…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.” — Andre Gide BIRTHDAYS: 1556 Sethus Calvisius, German composer, born in Gorsleben, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Domine, Domine 1836 (Clement) Léo Delibes, French…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “That perfected machines may one day succeed us is, I remember, an extremely commonplace notion on Earth. It prevails not only among poets and romantics but in all classes of society. Perhaps it is because it is so widespread, born spontaneously in popular imagination, that it irritates scientific minds. Perhaps it…