Tag: poetry
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April 22, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “All really great things are happening in slow and inconspicuous ways.” — Leo Tolstoy BIRTHDAYS: 1658, Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (Concerti Grossi). Trumpet Concerto in D Major, complete. 1682 Willem Ignatius Kerricx, Flemish architect, sculptor, and painter. MISCELLANEOUS: COULD THEY HAVE PICKED ANYTHING HARDER TO DO? Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to…
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April 23, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.” — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet BIRTHDAYS: 1564 William Shakespeare, English playwright, poet, and author (widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. 1623 Jan Adam Reincken, Dutch-German composer and organist. Hortus Musicus No. 4 in D minor, and…
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April 21, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” — Confucius BIRTHDAYS: 1555 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter, born in Bologna, Papal States. 1672 Johann Philipp Käfer, German composer, born in Schney, Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, Holy Roman Empire. Musicalische Battaille C Dur, 1 Satz 1806 Peter…
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April 20, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim parents. This latter nomenclature, by the way, would be an excellent piece of consciousness-raising for the children themselves. A child who is told she is a ‘child of Muslim…
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April 19, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “There is no moral argument that justifies using the coercive powers of government to force one person to bear the expense of taking care of another.” — Walter E. Williams BIRTHDAYS: 1605 Orazio Benevoli, Franco-Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States. Et Incarnatus Est from Missa Dum Complerentur (Credo) 1660 Sebastián…
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January 4, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi [Draghi], Italian Baroque organist, composerborn in Jesi, Papal States. Tre giorni son che Nina, and Stabat Mater Dolorosa 1717 Antonio Maria Mazzoni,…
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December 17, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.” — George Santayana BIRTHDAYS: 1706 Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (Institutions de Physique; translation of Newton’s Principia). 1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer.…
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