Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Allard Pierson: (Amsterdam, 8 April 1831 – Almen, 27 May 1896). Dutch preacher, theologian, art historian and linguist. Traveling is dilating the heart.

Jenifer Jeanette Lewis: (Kinloch, Missouri, January 25, 1957). American actress. She played mothers in numerous television series. She rose to fame playing Michelle in the film Sister Act. She has since appeared in several films with Whoopi Goldberg. She also appeared in the series A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, Black-ish, and… Lees verder Jennifer Lewis

Luke Hamlet: The quote below was published in a 2022 article in the Tifton Gazette. However, the search results do not provide any additional biographical information about who Luke Hamlet is.   August is for changes and strength.

Sara Baume: (born 1984. Irish novelist. She was named on Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists list in 2023. The old summer’s-end melancholy nips at my heels. There’s no school to go back to; no detail of my life will change come the onset of September; yet still, I feel the old trepidation. This morning,… Lees verder Sara Baume

Henry Rollins: Born as Henry Lawrence Garfield. (Washington, 13 February 1961) American singer, actor, poet, writer and all-round artist. I have come to regard November as the older, harder man’s October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer’s death as winter… Lees verder Henry Rollins

Tove Marika Jansson: (Helsinki, 9 August 1914 – ibid., 27 June 2001). Swedish-speaking Finnish author, painter and illustrator of children’s books and comic strips, among other things, and author of the series of books and comic strips about the Moomins. A large part of her work has been translated into Dutch since the 1970s by… Lees verder Tove Jansson

Narayan Pandit: (or Narayana (died 10th century), was the Brāhmaṇa author of the Sanskrit treatise called Hitopadesha — a work based primarily on the Panchatantra, one of the oldest collection of stories, mainly animal fables, in the world. Narayana’s dates are not known, but scholarly consensus places the composition of the Hitopadesha at around 800… Lees verder Narayan Pandit

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