Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Richard Milhous Nixon: (Yorba Linda, January 9, 1913 – New York, April 22, 1994).American politician of the Republican Party. He was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.        

Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius: (Rome, c. 480 – Pavia, 524). A Christian, late Roman philosopher, music theorist, writer and politician who lived in Italy in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD. He is generally regarded as an important link between ancient pagan philosophy and the Christian Middle Ages. Boethius was executed in 524 on the orders… Lees verder Boethius

There are three things that need to be done quickly: burying the dead, opening the door to a stranger, and arranging your daughter’s marriage.

Félicité Robert de Lamennais: (La Mennais) (Saint-Malo, 19 June 1782 – Paris, 27 February 1854). French Catholic priest, philosopher and political writer. Passion and freedom are therefore mutually exclusive.      

George Washington Carver: (Diamond, Missouri, 12 July 1861 – Tuskegee, Alabama, 5 January 1943) was an American inventor who became best known for the many uses he devised for the peanut. Examples include peanut butter jars, a peanut radio, peanut glue and even a few electrical appliances shaped like a peanut. Carver was an agricultural… Lees verder George Washington Carver

Herman Gorter: (Wormerveer, 26 November 1864 – Sint-Joost-ten-Node, 15 September 1927). Dutch poet and council communist. He was also a co-founder of the Social Democratic Party, which later became the CPN. He is best known for his epic-length poem Mei (1889). The opening line of this poem, ‘A new spring and a new sound’, has… Lees verder Herman Gorter

Susan B. Anthony: (Adams, Massachusetts, 15 February 1820 – Rochester, New York, 13 March 1906).                                                                   American suffragist and civil rights activist. She was… Lees verder Susan B. Anthony

Charles James Fox: (London, 24 January 1749 – Chiswick, 13 September 1806). Prominent British politician of the Whig Party. He served as a Member of Parliament for 38 consecutive years and was the arch-rival of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. He was a gifted orator but also attracted attention for his colourful private life.… Lees verder Charles James Fox

Jacob Cats: (Brouwershaven, 10 November 1577 – The Hague, 12 September 1660).   Dutch poet, jurist, and politician. Cats is also known as Father Cats, due to his common didactic poems (such as the phrase “Children are a nuisance,” said Father Cats). Commonly, a fool stands ashamed who climbs higher than is fitting for him. The… Lees verder Jacob Cats

René Descartes: Latinized Renatus Cartesius (The Hague-en-Touraine, March 31, 1596 – Stockholm, February 11, 1650) A philosopher and mathematician of French origin who lived a large part of his life in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. His approach to the problem of knowledge and the nature of the human mind played an important… Lees verder René Descartes