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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” — Bruce Lee BIRTHDAYS: 1225 Thomas Aquinas, Italian Dominican friar and priest, the foremost Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. 1693 Gregor…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “We don’t apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don’t get it, then don’t watch us.” — Joan Rivers BIRTHDAYS: 1585 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter, specialized in winter landscapes. 1679 Jean-François de Troy, French painter (Rococo style) 1756 Mozart, Austrian composer, widely…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” — Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 1708 William Hayes, British composer and organist. Harpsichord concerto in G-major 1786 Benjamin Haydon, British painter. 1831 Mary Mapes Dodge, American children’s author (St. Nicholas Magazine), editor and writer…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Now in the light of past and present events the bitter truth must be spoken. We feared too little and we hoped too much. We underestimated the bestiality of the enemy; we overestimtaed the humanity, the wisdom, the sense of justice of our friends.” — Chaim Weizmann, Address to 22nd Zionist…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” — H.L. Mencken BIRTHDAYS: 1287 Richard Aungerville [Richard de Bury], English bishop, writer (The Philobiblon) and one of the first English book collectors. 1848 Vasily Surikov, Russian history painter. 1859 Alexander Alexandrovich Ilyinsky, Russian composer. Berceuse, Op.13…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” — Buddha BIRTHDAYS: 1574 Lucas Franchoys the Elder, Belgian painter. 1737 John Hancock, American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. 1752 Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States. Sonata in g-moll Op.8 Nr. 1…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Today’s censorship touches on all aspects of life—from the Internet and newspapers to books, concerts, and art exhibitions. It nullifies the individual’s sense of self and experience of life: ideas give way to compliance, speech becomes flattery, and existence is reduced to servility.” — Ai Weiwei, 1000 Years of Joys and…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Neither can his mind be thought to be in tune, whose words do jarre; nor hisreason in frame, whose sentence is preposterous.” — Ben Jonson BIRTHDAYS: 1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter, engraver and architect, born in Kralingen, Dutch Republic. 1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, German composer, born in Augsburg, Electorate…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” — Arthur Koestler BIRTHDAYS: 1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer. Two Allemandes, and Galliard from Suite X [a5] 1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, Italian composer and mandolin player. Cantata „Tento scuotere…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “To understand a science it is necessary to know its history.” — Auguste Comte BIRTHDAYS: 1736 James Watt, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen’s 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution…