Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

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.

Dame Barbara Mary Quant: (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023). British fashion designer and icon. She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London’s Swinging Sixties culture. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants. Ernestine… Lees verder Mary Quant

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.      

A hit dog will holler. 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.