Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

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.

People raised on on love see things differently than those raised on survival.

A revolutionary career does not lead to banquets and honorary titles, interesting research and professorial wages. It leads to misery, disgrace, ingratitude, prison and a voyage into the unknown, illuminated by only an almost superhuman belief.

Philip James Bailey: (22 April 1816 – 6 September 1902). English poet, best known as the author of Festus. The truth of truths is love. Where doubt there truth is – ’tis her shadow.

You are here to live. Not to earn, not to stress, not to prove, not even to please. Just to live.