Tony's Garden

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin BIRTHDAYS: 1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), born in Bergamo, Republic of Venice. Haveva na ga, and Ein Hennlein weiß, 1706 Benjamin Franklin, one of the most remarkable figures in…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “No government can provide social security. It is not in the nature of government to be able to provide anything. Government itself is not self-supporting. It lives by taxation. Therefore, since it cannot provide for itself but by taking toll of what the people produce, how can it provide social security…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr. BIRTHDAYS: 1622 Moliere, widely regarded as one of the greatest French playwrights, actors, and masters of comedy in world literature. 1929 Martin Luther King Jr., was one of…

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: 1451 Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music composer, born in Lodi, Duchy of Milan. Sanctus dalla Missa Primi Toni Brevis 1566 Angelo Notari, Italian composer, born in…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.” — Thucydides BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer, born in Hartmannsdorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. O Welt sieh hier dein Leben 1690 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, born in Grünstädtel,…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power—he’s free again.” — Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn BIRTHDAYS: 1591 Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter and printmaker nicknamed “Lo Spagnoletto / the Little…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau BIRTHDAYS: 1503 Parmigianino, Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bologna, and his native city of Parma. 1853 Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter, founded National Gallery of Athens. 1870 Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor.…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.” — George Washington Carver BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist, born in Cremona, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire. Sonata in sol minore op. I…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Libraries raised me.” — Ray Bradbury BIRTHDAYS: 1620 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), born in Wolgast, Pomerania. Rede eines verstorbenen Jünglings aus dem Grabe. 1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor. 1674 Reinhard Keiser, German opera conductor and composer, chiefly of operas and oratorios (Almira; Lukas-Passion), born…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.” — Robert G. Ingersoll BIRTHDAYS: 1822 Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Italian composer, born in Bergamo, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. Austrian Empire. Serenata for 2 Cellos and Piano 1824 Wilkie Collins, English writer (Woman in White). 1836 Lawrence Alma…