Quote of the Day

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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"Compassion for animals is so closely connected with kindness that you can truly say that a person cannot be kind if he is cruel to animals. Compassion for animals comes from the same source as compassion toward people."

On This Day

Truth...all that is useful to the world and good in practice.

Born May 6, 1809 Juan Donoso Cortés

If there were absolute truth or absolute error, we would have no notion of time, nor life, nor death, but only the notions of infinity, eternity, and nothingness.

Born May 6, 1754 Joseph Joubert

You can't find poetry anywhere, when you don't carry it inside you.

Died May 6, 1961 Lucian Blaga

Self-cultivation is a truly community interest activity.

Died May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau

People are delusional. Not long after, the better part of them is plowed into the ground, as fertilizer. As a result of compulsion commonly called necessity and mistakenly interpreted as fate, they deal with collecting treasures that - to use the words of an old book - will be eaten by moths and rust, and will become the prey of thieves and thieves. It is foolish to live like this, and everyone realizes this in the end, if not before.

Died May 6, 1859 Alexander von Humboldt

Giving a book as a gift reinforces the feeling of friendship more than a vase or a glass, because it adds a sense of elevation to the concept of friendship.

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