Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Zhuang Zi: Old spelling Chuang-tzu, c. 369 BC-286 BC, Chinese poet and Taoist philosopher from the classical period of Chinese philosophy. He has been called a mystic and a kind of quietist. His work is considered one of the three pillars that form the foundation of Taoism. He is considered to have left a very… Lees verder Zhuang Zi

The Subhāṣitārṇava. Sanskrit book: Literally “waves of poetry”. The name of an unedited and unpublished subhāṣita-saṃgraha. It consists of over 300 pages in the Bengali script. About the author: There is currently nothing known about the about of this work. Book topics: Subhāṣita (सुभाषित, subhashita) refers to Sanskrit metrical aphorisms. Compilations of this kind of… Lees verder Subhāṣitārṇava

Stanley H. Horowitz: American Engineer working at American Electrical Power Company and writer of aphorisms. Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.

Romain Gary: (Vilnius, Russia, 21 May 1914 – Paris, 2 December 1980). Born: Roman Kacew, also regularly working under pseudonyms, including as Emile Ajar, was a French-Jewish writer, translator, film director and diplomat. He won, as the only writer, the Prix Goncourt twice, once as Gary, once as Ajar. Apart from French, Gary also published… Lees verder Romain Gary

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff: (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016). Commonly known as Johan Cruyff. Dutch professional football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest players in history and as the greatest Dutch footballer ever, he won the Ballon d’Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974. Cruyff was a proponent of the… Lees verder Johan Cruijff

Geert Galle: Flemish aphorism writer. One does not have wisdom just by playbacking them.    

Jean Gwenaël Dutourd: (14 January 1920 – 17 January 2011) French novelist. If love is a master, friendship is the most discreet and the most exquisite of servants.    

John Fitzgerald (‘Jack’) Kennedy: (Brookline (Massachusetts), 29 May 1917 – Dallas (Texas), 22 November 1963). Also known by his initials JFK, US politician of the Democratic Party. From 20 January 1961, he was the 35th and youngest elected president of the United States until he was assassinated in an open limousine on 22 November 1963,… Lees verder John F. Kennedy

David Hume: (Edinburgh, 7 May 1711 (26 April according to the Julian calendar) – there, 25 August 1776). Scottish philosopher and historian of the Age of Enlightenment. He was one of the most important empiricist philosophers and his ideas were a major influence on Immanuel Kant. Study the religious principles that have ruled the world… Lees verder David Hume

Théophile Gautier: (Tarbes, 31 August 1811 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 23 October 1872). French writer. He began as a Romantic writer and was an active militant, but later turned away from the movement because he disagreed with the excesses to which Romanticism had led. Gautier then developed as a theoretician of the Parnasse movement, defending the ‘L’art… Lees verder Théophile Gautier