Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand: (Paris, 30 October 1894 – Ville-d’Avray, 4 September 1977). French biologist, essayist, moral philosopher and historian of science. He was a member of the Académie française. The only freedom life grants us is to choose our remorse. God, that receptacle of our dreams.        

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: ( Hyde Park, New York, U.S., January 30, 1882 – Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S., April 12, 1945). Commonly known by his initials FDR, American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.… Lees verder Franklin D. Roosevelt

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

There are some people you’ll never see again. At least, not in the same way. Someone you haven’t even met yet is wondering what it’d be like to know someone like you. All the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living.

There will always be a person who looks like a poem the earth wrote to keep you alive.

Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. Man is free, but he finds his limitation in his own freedom.

William Wallace Harney: (1832–1912). American writer, poet, editor, and pioneer who played a significant role in promoting Central Florida during the late 19th century. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, to John Hopkins Harney, a mathematics professor, and Martha Wallace, he was named after his maternal uncle, the poet William Ross Wallace. September―where fall and summer meet.

Robert Hutchinson Finch: (October 9, 1925 – October 10, 1995). Republican politician from La Canada Flintridge, California. From 1967 to 1969, he served as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of California. Following Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign in 1968, he was appointed Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1969. He was the Counselor to the President… Lees verder Robert Finch

Carlos Wilcox: (October 22, 1794 – May 29, 1827). American poet. Born at Newport, New Hampshire, Wilcox was a Congregationalist minister. He wrote a poem, The Age of Benevolence, which was left unfinished, and which was clearly influenced by the work of William Cowper. September―the dearest month of all to pensive minds!

Jacqueline (Jackie) Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: Known by several names, including Jackie Kennedy, Jackie Onassis and Jackie O. (Southampton (New York), 28 July 1929 – New York, 19 May 1994) American first lady from 1961 until the death of her then husband, President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Nostalgia―that’s autumn, dreaming through September. Just a… Lees verder Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis