Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Bruce Coville: (Syracuse (New York), 16 May 1950). American author of children’s and young adult books. He was born in Syracuse, New York State, and has continued to live there except when he went to study at Duke University in New York. Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people — they always go… Lees verder Bruce Coville

March can be a bit dismal, as many await the end of a long, gray winter, and the coming of Spring. Happy first day of February, only 47 days to spring. February is the most wonderful month of the year. You work for 28 days and get paid for 30 days. Twenty-eight days of February… Lees verder Author unknown II

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine: (Mâcon, 21 October 1790 – Paris, 28 February 1869). French poet, historian and statesman. An empire, glory, freedom, everything is taken away by time.

Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus (Gerard) Bolland: (Groningen, 9 June 1854 – Leiden, 11 February 1922). Dutch self-taught philosopher and linguist. Bolland was born in Groningen and came from a simple Catholic family. After attaining self-taught employment as a teacher in Katwijk aan Zee and then as a teacher of English and German in Batavia, Bolland… Lees verder G. J. P. J. Bolland

John Gay: (Barnstaple (Devon), 30 June 1685 – London, 4 December 1732). English poet and dramatist, best known for his play The Beggar’s Opera. Gay was secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth from 1712 to 1714. In 1713, he published the poem Rural sports, dedicated to Alexander Pope, with whom he was a friend. In… Lees verder John Gay

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko: (Nizhneudinsk (Irkutsk oblast), 18 July 1932 – Tulsa (Oklahoma), 1 April 2017). Russian poet. In his poetry collections, he argues for more freedom and humanity in a communist society. Literature can heal people with the bitter salt of truth.

James Redfield: Born Birmingham, Alabama, United States. American writer, lecturer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is notable for his 1993 novel The Celestine Prophecy. Remember you are a Soul Living a Human life.

Forrest Knapp: American poet from Omaha, Nebraska. You are rich when you are content and happy with what you have.

James David Rudkin: (born 29 June 1936) is an English playwright. Rudkin was born in London. Coming from a family of strict evangelical Christians, he was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham and read Mods and Greats at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. Beginning to write during national service in the Royal Corps of Signals, Rudkin… Lees verder David Rudkin

Ramana Maharshi: (Born Venkataraman Iyer, 30 December 1879, Tiruchuzhi, Virudhunagar, Madras Presidency, British India (Now Tamil Nadu, India) December 1879 – 14 April 1950). Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta (liberated being). Mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. In 1895, an attraction to the sacred hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanmars was aroused… Lees verder Ramana Maharshi