Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo: (Buenos Aires, 24 August 1899 – Geneva, 14 June 1986). Argentine poet, essayist and short-story writer. He is counted among the most important writers of the 20th century. Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa called him ‘the greatest Spanish-language writer since Cervantes’. His work was a decisive influence on the… Lees verder Jorge Luis Borges

I accept you as I am.

Paul Bernard Cliteur: (Amsterdam, 6 September 1955) is a Dutch legal philosopher and former politician. He is known for his right-liberal leanings, his atheism, republicanism and commitment to animal rights. Cliteur is also administratively and politically active. For example, he was a trustee of the Telders Foundation (the scientific bureau of the VVD) and chairman… Lees verder Paul Cliteur

Men and women sleep on the same pillow, but they have different dreams.

To my fellow writers’ I say, ‘Write. Build an imaginary world like nobody’s watching.

James Ng Uni: Zambian ( Livingston ) author, philosopher, writer and singer. The addiction of knowledge is as addictive as alcohol. Both of them can either heal of kill.

The first week of August is motionless and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color. The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. Don’t… Lees verder Natalie Babbitt

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831). German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy. The courage of truth is the first condition of philosophical study. Just as the substance of matter is gravity, so we must say, the substance of the essence of… Lees verder G. W. F. Hegel

Forget what you were, and look forward to what you could be.

August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze. In the winter, everything changes.