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by EGreg 54 days ago
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, May 7 1840.

When he was a little boy he never played out in the streets of Votkinsk like the other little children of Votkinsk, because when Tchaikovsky was one month old, his parents moved to St. Petersburg.

— Victor Borge

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As Victor said, his parents were very upset when they came home and found him in front of a roaring fire, because they did not have a fireplace.
Put up in a place

where it is easy to see

the cryptic admonishment

T.T.T

                                                     ¨ 
When you feel how depressingly

slowly you climb

it's well to remember that

Things Take Time

-- Piet Hein