Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Truth is the first name of God, righteousness is his second. Do you want to be happy for a moment? Take revenge! Do you want to be always? Forgive! Between the strong and the weak, between the rich and the poor, between the lord and the slave, it is freedom which oppresses and the law… Lees verder Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Gaius Valerius Catullus: (Verona, c. 84 -Rome, between 54 and 47 BC). The first great Latin lyricist. One of the most influential poets of the 1st century BC from the Ciceronian period – see Roman literature – he wrote about 116 poems (total about 2,300 verses (verse lines)). These poems were later collected in the… Lees verder Catullus

Johan Daisne: Pseudonym of Herman Thiery. (Ghent, 2 September 1912 – there, 9 August 1978). Flemish writer, poet, prose writer and author of plays, radio plays and essays. His best-known books are De trap van steen en wolken (1942), De man die zijn haar kort liet liet knipt (1947) and De trein der traagheid (1950).… Lees verder Johan Daisne

Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco: (born Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith; 26 February 1897 – 7 April 1945). English socialite, actress and writer between 1921 and 1940. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, the British Prime Minister, and the writer Margot Asquith, and the wife of Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian prince and diplomat. She drew on… Lees verder Elizabeth Bibesco

Marie Joséphine de Suin: Comtesse de Beausacq par son mariage, née le 3 octobre 1829 à Cherbourg et morte le 19 décembre 1899 dans son appartement du 41, rue d’Amsterdam dans le 8e arrondissement de Paris, est une femme de lettres française connue sous le pseudonyme de comtesse Diane. Absence does not kill love, unless… Lees verder Comtesse Diane de Beausaq

An aphorism: the first half of the truth.

The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.

Happiness depends on what you can give. Not what you can get.

Demophilus of Thespiae: According to Herodotus, was the commander of a contingent of 700 Thespians at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). His father was Diadromes. The earth makes us expect her gifts every season, but we receive the fruits of friendship every moment.

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.