Tony's Garden

“The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built. It rests with men whether they will make the proper use of the rich treasure with…

“The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long…

“Science is supposed to be challenged, questioned, tested, and scrutinized. That’s the entire point. If that is not permissible and basic lines of inquiry are censored or taboo, then it’s not science, but secular dogma.” ― Zuby BIRTHDAYS: 1737 Michael Haydn, Austrian composer. Konzert für Horn, Altposaune und Orchester. 1760 Luigi Cherubini, Italian musical prodigy,…

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1660 Daniel Defoe, English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy 1682 Theodor Christlieb Reinhold, German composer. sonata per oboe e basso 1819 Clara Schumann,…

“The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime;…

“What is the human purpose in society? It is to exchange one good for another good more desired. Putting it on a personal basis, it is a matter of benefiting yourself by getting something you desire from another person who, at the same time, benefits himself by getting something that he desires from you. The…

“The most important tactic in an argument next to being right is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.” ― Stephen Jay Gould 1588 Nicholas Lanier, English composer. No more shall meads (Love’s Constancy) 1645 Romeyn de Hooghe,…

“And when people cease to believe that there is good and evil,Only beauty will call to them and save themSo that they will know how to say: this is true and that is false.” ― Czesław Miłosz 1583 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer. Toccata per l’elevatione, and Toccata V, and Aria detta la Frescobalda dal Secondo…

“A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.” ― Alan Dershowitz 1672 Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer. Tierce en Taille 1841 Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer. Carnival Overture, and Song to the Moon from Rusalka MISCELLANY: WHICH IS BETTER: STRONG EVIDENCE OR NO EVIDENCE AT ALL? Lead…

“Any alleged ‘right’ of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.” ― Ayn Rand 1705 Matthäus Günther, German painter 1726 François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess champion. Sinfonia 1 in g minor from l’Art de la Modulation 1740 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor…