Tag: art
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January 15, 2026
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…
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January 14, 2026
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…
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January 13, 2026
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,…
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January 12, 2026
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…
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January 11, 2026
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.…
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January 10, 2026
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…
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January 9, 2026
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…
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January 8, 2026
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…
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January 7, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have lived only one life. He who reads will have lived 5000 years. Reading is immortality backwards.” — Umberto Eco BIRTHDAYS: 1634 Adam Krieger, German organist and composer, born in Driesen, Brandenburg-Prussia. Komm Galathea, komm mein Herze, and Nun sich der…
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January 6, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.” — Khalil Gibran BIRTHDAYS: 1695 Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe virtuoso and late Baroque/early classical composer who served the court of the…
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