Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

O, the month of May, the merry month of May. So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green!

Alan Jay Lerner: (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986). American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world’s most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other… Lees verder Alan Jay Lerner

…We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Bayard Taylor: (January 11, 1825 – December 19, 1878). American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. As a poet, he was very popular, with a crowd of more than 4,000 attending a poetry reading once, which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States… Lees verder Bayard Taylor

David Peter Gray: (born 13 June 1968). British singer-songwriter. Having released his debut album in 1993, he received worldwide attention with White Ladder five years later, particularly for the hit single “Babylon”. White Ladder was the first of three chart-toppers in six years for Gray in the UK, where it became the fifth best-selling album… Lees verder David Gray

Joan Alison Smith: (born 27 August 1953). English journalist and novelist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN and was the Executive Director of Hacked Off. Prose and drama are well enough for winter, but when nature swells the darling buds of May, my… Lees verder Joan Smith

Edwin Farnham Butler III: (born April 14, 1980). American-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He co-founded the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire with Josh Deu and his wife Régine Chassagne. Month of May, everybody’s in love, and the city was sent from above, and just when I knew what I wanted to say, the… Lees verder Win Butler

I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers. Of April, May, or June, and July flowers.