Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

John Marwood Cleese: (Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 27 October 1939). British actor, screenwriter, comedian and filmmaker. Cleese was born in the village of Uphill, south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, the only child of Muriel Cross (1899-2000) and insurance agent Reginald Francis Cleese (1893-1972). The family name was initially ‘Cheese’, but his father changed it to ‘Cleese’ in 1915… Lees verder John Cleese

Michelle Maros: (Boca Raton, Florida, United States). Michelle is an author, sought-after speaker, registered yoga teacher and mindfulness advocate. Co-founder of Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life® (PMPL), which is dedicated to improving mental health and well-being and promoting inner peace by creating community, teaching and inspiring people worldwide through mindfulness practices, online resources and educational programmes.… Lees verder Michelle Maros

Tia Walker: (born November 26, 1970, Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.) American blogger and founder of A-List Diet & Fitness™, a celebrity-oriented diet and fitness website, launched in 2014. She is also the founder and publisher of The Quest for “it”®, a blog created in 2005, that is best known for its Fashion Week reporting in New… Lees verder Tia Walker

Edward Young: (Upham, Hampshire, 3 July 1683 – Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 5 April 1765). English poet and playwright. Dreams are thoughts, gone mad in the nets of imagination.

Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste: (1765 – 24 April 1824). French lexicographer born in Paris. He is most famous as the editor of the Dictionnaire universel de la langue française, first published in 1800. Originally trained at the Dammartin-Juilly Royal Academy at Goële (now Dammartin-en-Goële, Seine et Marne), as a young man he studied law and became a… Lees verder Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste

Berthold Auerbach: (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882). German poet and author. He was the founder of the German “tendency novel”, in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, moral, and religious questions. Recognising the limits, the necessity of the law, that is freedom.      … Lees verder Berthold Auerbach

Gail Kathleen Godwin: (born June 18, 1937). American novelist and short story writer. Godwin has written 14 novels, two short story collections, three non-fiction books, and ten libretti. Her primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have included five best-sellers and three finalists for the National Book Award. Most of her books are realistic fiction… Lees verder Gail Godwin

Du Fu or Tu Fu: (Gongyi, 712 – Xiangjiang, 770) (jiaxiang: Hubei, Xiangfan). Chinese poet during the Tang dynasty. A guest makes friendship overwrought; the longer he toasts, the leaner the hospitality becomes.

Kyong Ho Seonsa: (Hanja, Korea: 1849–1912). Famous Korean Sŏn master, and the 75th Patriarch of Korean Sŏn. His original name was Song Tonguk; and his dharma name was Sŏng’u. He is known as the reviver of modern Korean Sŏn Buddhism. Song Tonguk was born in southern Korea (Chŏnju, Chŏlla province), and entered the sangha at… Lees verder Kyong Ho

Maurice Bernard Sendak: (Brooklyn, New York, 10 June 1928 – Danbury, Connecticut, 8 May 2012). American author and illustrator of children’s books. His best-known work is the book Where the Wild Things Are (1963). The book was published in the Netherlands under the title Max and the Maximonsters. Sendak also wrote and illustrated an animated… Lees verder Maurice Sendak