Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Dorothy Day: (New York, 8 November 1897 – there, 29 November 1980). American journalist and Christian activist. Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

Mieko Kawakami: (Osaka, 1976) is a Japanese feminist poet, writer and singer. She lives in Tokyo, Japan. Mieko Kawakami grew up in a poor single-parent family. She was a singer, hostess and was best known in Japan as a blogger. She wrote poetry and short stories. Her first novel Hevun won the Murasaki Shikibu Prize… Lees verder Mieko Kawakami

In heaven, would hell be called earth?

In a bowl to the sea, went wise men three. On a brilliant night of June, they carried a net, and their hearts were set on fishing up the moon.

William Blake: (Londen, 28 november 1757 – aldaar, 12 augustus 1827). Engelse schrijver, dichter, tekenaar, schilder en graveur. In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in… Lees verder William Blake

Annelies Marie (Anne) Frank: (Frankfurt am Main, 12 June 1929 – Bergen-Belsen, February 1945). A German and later stateless Jewish girl who became world-famous for her diary written during World War II, while in hiding in the secret annex on Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. She supposedly died of stain typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in February… Lees verder Anne Frank

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to… Lees verder Woodrow Wilson

The average lifespan of a physiological truth is three to four years. The seed of the oak produces oaks, and is never converted by circumstances into a beech tree. There arises in us the dawn of a Knowledge of Truth. Loneliness does not make wiser for those who have not experienced anything.

Everyone tells you what to do and what’s good for you. They don’t want you to find your own answers. They want you to believe theirs.

Arthur William Symons: (28 February 1865 – 22 January 1945). British poet, critic, translator and magazine editor. The fountain murmuring of sleep, a drowsy tune. The flickering green of leaves that keep the light of June. Peace, through a slumbering afternoon, the peace of June.