Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev: (18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1874 – 24 March 1948) was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person. Freedom is rooted in ‘nothingness’. The act of freedom is primordial and completely irrational.        

Agner Krarup Erlang: (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1929). Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory. Erlang’s 1909 paper, and subsequent papers over the decades, are regarded as containing some of most important concepts and techniques for queueing theory. You don’t really understand simultaneity until you… Lees verder Agner Erlang

Charles Henri Hippolyte Chincholle: Born on 16 July 1843 in Amiens and died on 26 August 1902 in Paris, French journalist and writer. He is regarded as France’s first great reporter. Count more on those who serve you out of hatred for another, than on those who serve you out of friendship for you.  … Lees verder Charles Chincholle

Donna Tartt: (Greenwood (Mississippi), 23 December 1963). American writer. You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.        

Sophie Katarina Morris: Born: Dunedin, New Zealand, 7 June 1993.                                                                                          … Lees verder Sophie Katarina Morris

Aesopus or Aisopos: (Ancient Greek: Αἴσωπος) (probably 6th century BC), Greek poet of fables. Aesopus’ fables enjoyed fame in antiquity and inspired later authors. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. We hang the petty thieves and name the greats in a public office.        

Colin Luther Powell: (New York, 5 April 1937 – Bethesda (Maryland), 18 October 2021). US military officer who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993 under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Earlier, he was national security adviser under President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989. From 2001… Lees verder Colin Luther Powell

Hector Hugh Munro: (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916). Popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars a master of the short story and… Lees verder H. H. Munro

Suata Agarwal: No data available. The best revenge is no revenge. Just forget they exist.        

Laura Jean: American, Atlanta based writer, itinerant chaplain, and amateur mystic, learning to live in the in-between places of loving Jesus, being queer, and rediscovering Scripture after evangelicalism. You can´t heal the people you love. You can´t make choices for them. You can´t rescue them. You can promise that they won´t journey alone. You can… Lees verder Laura Jean Truman