"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate." Thornton Wilder. 10 quotes on his birthday.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/17-april-thornton-wilder-quotes.html

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"A true patriot will defend his country from its government."

On his birthday, 10 Thomas Jefferson quotes.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/13-april-thomas-jefferson-quotes.html

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Born this date in 1950 was David Cassidy, teen heartthrob, singer, Partridge Family's Keith Partridge. 10 things you might not know about him.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/12-april-david-cassidy.html

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Omar Sharif was fluent in Arabic, English, French, Greek, Italian and Spanish. 10 facts about him on his birthday.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/04/10-april-omar-sharif.html

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John Tyler is the only US president to have had virtually all of his cabinet resign in protest over his veto of a tariff bill; all but his Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, resigned in protest. On his birthday, 10 John Tyler facts.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/29-march-john-tyler.html

#BirthAnniversary #JohnTyler #USPresidents #Politics #History

The inscription on Robert Frost's tombstone is “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world,” which is the last line of his poem The Lesson for Today. On his birthday, 10 facts about Robert Frost.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/26-march-robert-frost.html

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This date in 1881 was the birthdate of Béla Bartók, a Hungarian composer known for composing Hungarian dances. 10 facts about him.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/25-march-bela-bartok.html

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"If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all."

So said the Victorian artist William Morris, born on this date in 1834.

9 more things he said:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/24-march-william-morris-quotes.html

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Van Dyck was born in Antwerp on this date in 1599, the seventh of twelve children. His father was a silk merchant and his mother was a skilled embroiderer. 10 Van Dyck facts.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/22-march-anthony-van-dyck.html

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Mussorgsky's family name was derived from an ancestor who had had the nickname "Musorga," which meant, appropriately enough, 'Music maker.' On his birthday, ten things you might not know about him.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/03/21-march-modest-p-mussorgsky.html

#BirthAnniversary #Music #Mussorgsky #ClassicalMusic #Composers