Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Never drink black coffee during lunch; it keeps you awake all afternoon.

A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side.

Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons.

Freedom instead of democracy!

Simon Wiesenthal vertelde mij, dat iedere politieke partij in een democratie die het woord ‘vrijheid’ in zijn naam gebruikt, ofwel nazi of communistisch is.

William Ford Gibson: (Conway (South Carolina), 17 March 1948). American science fiction author and ‘father’ of ‘cyberpunk’. In 1984, he won the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Award with Neuromancer, the following year the Hugo Award. In 2019, he was awarded the Nebula Grand Master Award. The future is already here – it… Lees verder William Gibson

Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could be given a single weed and only see the wildflower in it. Perception is a key component to gratitude. And gratitude a key component to joy.

And it’s a human need to be hold stories. The more we’re governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. He who thanks but with the lips, thanks but in part; the full, the true thanksgiving comes from the heart.

Frank Remie: Dutch writer, philosopher and blogger. Lives in Breda. Don’t let the past determine who you are in the present. But let it be part of what you can become in the future. Sometimes you have to let go of something in order to receive. Because when you have your hands full, you can’t… Lees verder Frank Remie