Tony's Garden

“Human beings… are far too prone to generalize from one instance. The technical word for this, interestingly enough, is superstition.” ― Francis Crick Birthdays: 1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer and engineer. 1671 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer. Adagio. 1810 Robert Schumann, German composer and pianist. Träumerei, from Kinderszenen No. 7, and Erstes Grün 1829…

“The state — or, to make matters more concrete, the government — consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to…

“I was not born to amuse the Tsars.” ― Alexander Pushkin Birthdays: 1599 Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter.1625 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor.1661 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer. Dixit Dominus a 8 voci pieno1756 John Trumbull, American painter.1799 Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet, novelist, dramatist and writer of short stories.1844 Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter.1850 Karl Ferdinand Braun, German…

“I keep six honest serving-men(They taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and WhenAnd How and Where and Who.I send them over land and sea,I send them east and west;But after they have worked for me,I give them all a rest.” ― Rudyard Kipling Birthdays: 1646 Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Philosopher and Mathematician.…

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” ―…

“Liberty and responsibility are inseparable.” ― F.A. Hayek Birthdays: 1660 Johannes Schenck, Dutch born composer. Chaconne. 1819 Thomas Ball, American sculptor and musician. MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth RELATED: Collateral Global

“Government programs didn’t arise because the people demanded them or because the free market was unable to provide needed services. They arose because the politicians found them to be a convenient way to buy votes with other people’s money, a convenient way to enlarge their own power, a convenient way to reward their political cronies,…

“I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine—it always keeps the way beyond open—always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to try over again after a mistake—after a wrong guess.” ―…

“Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today’s problems are a result of yesterday’s solutions.” ― Thomas Sowell Birthdays: 1535 Alessandro Allori, Italian painter. 1656 Marin Marais, French composer. Le Labyrinthe, and Sonnerie de Saint Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris, and Suite fron Alcione.…

Thought for the Day: “To me, Shakespeare is very contemporary, and I don’t see Michelangelo as an old sculptor. Bach and Monteverdi are not of their own times, but rather universal. But that, of course, applies to only few artists.” ― Nikolaus Harnoncourt Birthdays: 1808 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., composer. Grandiosa Missa (excertos 1/3) MISCELLANY: FOCUSED…