Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Marc Parent: Canadian aphorist and author. Former Montreal city police director. If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers. February is for doers.

Rita Süßmuth: Born as Rita Kickuth. (Wuppertal, 17 February 1937). German politician (CDU). From 1988 to 1998, she was chairwoman of the Bundestag. It is a dangerous path to constantly call for leaders to tell us where to go.

Bruce Coville: (Syracuse (New York), 16 May 1950). American author of children’s and young adult books. He was born in Syracuse, New York State, and has continued to live there except when he went to study at Duke University in New York. Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people — they always go… Lees verder Bruce Coville

Love is friendship that has caught fire. The closer the friendship between women, the richer the words. The closer the friendship between men, the fewer the words. Friendship brought by wine, works like wine, even just one night. Every ‘weed’ you pull might be medicine. Every bug you fear could be a pollinator. Look closer… Lees verder Author unknown II

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine: (Mâcon, 21 October 1790 – Paris, 28 February 1869). French poet, historian and statesman. An empire, glory, freedom, everything is taken away by time.

Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus (Gerard) Bolland: (Groningen, 9 June 1854 – Leiden, 11 February 1922). Dutch self-taught philosopher and linguist. Bolland was born in Groningen and came from a simple Catholic family. After attaining self-taught employment as a teacher in Katwijk aan Zee and then as a teacher of English and German in Batavia, Bolland… Lees verder G. J. P. J. Bolland

John Gay: (Barnstaple (Devon), 30 June 1685 – London, 4 December 1732). English poet and dramatist, best known for his play The Beggar’s Opera. Gay was secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth from 1712 to 1714. In 1713, he published the poem Rural sports, dedicated to Alexander Pope, with whom he was a friend. In… Lees verder John Gay

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko: (Nizhneudinsk (Irkutsk oblast), 18 July 1932 – Tulsa (Oklahoma), 1 April 2017). Russian poet. In his poetry collections, he argues for more freedom and humanity in a communist society. Literature can heal people with the bitter salt of truth.

James Redfield: Born Birmingham, Alabama, United States. American writer, lecturer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is notable for his 1993 novel The Celestine Prophecy. Remember you are a Soul Living a Human life.

Forrest Knapp: American poet from Omaha, Nebraska. You are rich when you are content and happy with what you have.