Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Trader: someone who sells below price, pays more tax than he earns, and invests the balance in real estate. You have to accommodate friendship a bit by occasionally distancing yourself from the friend.

Unorganized freedom leads through anarchy to slavery.

What strikes me is that there’s a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

Sometimes you give and I take and sometimes I give and you take. We are learning to go beyond the realm of our own selves. We are learning to share.

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

SPECIAL things are about to happen to me, and I receive them with excitement! I allow myself to receive prosperity with ease now. I am ready!

James Madison: (Port Conway (Virginia), 16 March 1751 – Montpelier (Virginia), 28 June 1836). American statesman and political philosopher. As president, he also owned a large tobacco plantation that worked in slavery. Between 1809 and 1817, he served as the fourth president of the United States. During his presidency, the country again went to war… Lees verder James Madison

Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson: (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962). Usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during… Lees verder Vita Sackville-West

Claude McKay: (Claredon, 15 September 1890 – Chicago, 22 May 1948). Jamaican-American writer and poet. In 1912, he moved from Jamaica to the United States for higher education. There, McKay became actively involved in political activism, inspired by the work of W.E.B. Du Bois. In 1914, he settled in New York, where he wrote the… Lees verder Claude Mckay

There’s something beautiful about keeping certain aspects of your life hidden. Maybe people and clouds are beautiful because you can’t see everything.