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February 25, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the…
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February 24, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “We are on the event horizon of the Singularity.” — Elon Musk BIRTHDAYS: 1619 Charles Le Brun, French classical painter who helped establish the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture 1684 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor. 1786 Wilhelm Grimm, German author, philologist and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob…
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February 23, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. Certain commodities came to be money quite naturally, as the result of economic relationships that were independent of the power of the…
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February 22, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” — George Washington BIRTHDAYS: 1542 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian lutenist and composer, born in Parma, Papal States. La ne mente per la gola 1732 George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the…
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February 21, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations BIRTHDAYS: 1556 Sethus Calvisius, German composer, born in Gorsleben, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Freut Euch und jubiliert 1815 Ernest Meissonier, French painter and sculptor. 1860 Goscombe John, Welsh…
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February 20, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Exercise of a right by one person does not diminish those held by another.” — Walter Williams BIRTHDAYS: 1633 Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter and etcher, born in Haarlem, Dutch Republic. 1705 Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and maker, and composer. Sonata in G minor, from ‘Il Pastor Fido Op.13’…
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February 19, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “For I am not so enamored of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them. I am aware that a philosopher’s ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavor to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted…
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February 18, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. If Eudaimonia, or happiness, is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence; and this will be that of…
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February 17, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Not every problem needs to be overcome, just the ones stopping you from getting where you want to be.” — Ann Hill BIRTHDAYS: 1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi), born in Fusignano, Duchy of Modena and Reggio. Concerto in D Major Op. 6 No. 4, La Folia, Opus…
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February 16, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in…
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