Tag: beauty
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May 19, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-comprehending parrot-like apparent competence–a duty and a duty alone–and no hint of magic or beauty of…
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May 18, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “A book of verses underneath the boughA flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thouBeside me singing in the wildernessAnd wilderness is paradise now.” — Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald’s The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam BIRTHDAYS: 1048 Omar Khayyám, Persian polymath whose multifaceted career encompassed mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry, making…
