Tony's Garden

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky BIRTHDAYS: 1865 Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. l’Apprenti sorcier 1881 William Boeing, American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company MISCELLANY: A DIFFERENT TAKE. Why Did People Comply? FOCUSED PROTECTION: The…

“Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” ― Elie Wiesel BIRTHDAYS: 1207 Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet 1622 Johann Sebastiani, German composer. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen 1685 Gunther Jacob, Bohemian composer and choirmaster. Domine Deus, and Missa Adventualis 1882 Hans…

“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.” ― Enrico Fermi BIRTHDAYS: 1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language. 1640 Antoine Coyzevox, French…

“If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand.” ― Confucius BIRTHDAYS: 551 Confucius, Philosopher and founder of Confucianism 1571 Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer. Dances from Terpsichore, and Dances from Terpsichore 1823 Alexandre Cabanel, French painter 1925 Seymour Cray, American inventor   MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration…

“There is in the garden a plant which one ought to leave dry, although most people water it. It is the weed called Envy.” ― Cosimo de’ Medici BIRTHDAYS: 1389 Cosimo de’ Medici, Patron of arts, learning, and architecture. 1722 Samuel Adams, American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. 1840…

“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a…

“All The Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasLayin’ In The Sun,Talkin’ ‘Bout The ThingsThey Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done…But All Those Woulda-Coulda-ShouldasAll Ran Away And HidFrom One Little Did.” ― Shel Silverstein BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer. La Cupis 1765 Michał Ogiński, Polish politician, violinist, balalaika player, and composer. Polonez Ogińskiego 1785 George Pinto, British violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer. Grand…

“This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.” ― Euripides BIRTHDAYS: 1501 Girolamo Cardano, Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer, and gambler. 1859 Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer. Hymnus für 12 Celli, op. 57 MISCELLANY: HARSH BUT FAIR. Ten Examples Where…

“Governments never learn; only people learn.” ― Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 480 BC Euripides, Greek Playwright 1591 Michael Lohr, German composer. “Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein” 1642 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer and violinist. Per la gloria 1768 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician. 1861 Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist MISCELLANY: NOTHING TO SEE…

“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.” ― Michael Faraday BIRTHDAYS: 1733 Anton Filtz, German composer. Trio in sol maggiore (allegro moderato, tempo di minuetto) 1767 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical…