Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Amy Judith Levy: (10 November 1861 – 9 September 1889). English essayist, poet, and novelist best remembered for her literary gifts; her experience as the third Jewish woman at Cambridge University, and as the second Jewish student at Newnham College, Cambridge; her feminist positions; her friendships with others living what came later to be called… Lees verder Amy Levy

The little man weighs what can hurt him, for fear he dare not go to work; the mediocre prefers to refrain from work that may involve difficulties; the truly great man will never finish a task once begun in defeat.

One of the main disadvantages of some books is that there is too much space between the front cover and the back cover. There are no atheists on the plane during severe turbulence.

In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can’t drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening.

Irony of fate: those who fight for their freedom impose the greatest constraints on themselves.

Thomas Paine: (Thetford, 29 January 1737 – New York, 8 June 1809). Anglo-American philosopher, freethinker and political writer with revolutionary views on statecraft, civil rights and religion. His works played an important role in both the American and French Revolutions and he is one of the leading thinkers of liberalism. Among other things, he is… Lees verder Thomas Paine

Eugene Klein: (born Chaim Witz, Tirat Carmel (Israel), 25 August 1949). Better known as Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American rock musician, singer, actor and businessman. Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.  

Jean Sherman Chatzky: (born September 7, 1964). American journalist, a personal finance columnist, financial editor of NBC’s TODAY show, AARP’s personal finance ambassador, and the founder and CEO of the multimedia company HerMoney. July is high burglary season because so many people leave town.

If ant hills are high in July, the coming winter will be hard.

I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.