Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Bruce Lee: (Chinatown (San Francisco), 27 November 1940 – Hong Kong, 20 July 1973) (jiaxiang: Guangdong, Foshan, Shunde, Jun’an). Chinese-American martial artist, actor, director, martial arts choreographer, kung fu teacher and a well-read lover of philosophy. He is widely regarded as the greatest oriental martial arts actor of the 20th century. For many people, he… Lees verder Bruce Lee

Byron Caldwell Smith: American man of letters ( philologist ). Born: Island Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA, 28 August 1849. Died: Boulder, Colorado, USA, 4 May 1877. Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers.

Robert Browning: (Camberwell, London, 7 May 1812 – Venice, 12 December 1889). English poet and playwright. He is considered one of the important writers of the Victorian era. All June, I bound the rose in sheaves. Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves. Oh, to be in England now that April’s there.

Ruth Stone: American poet and author. Born: Roanoke, Virginia, USA, 8 June 1915 Died: Ripton, Vermont, USA, 19 November 2011 April splinters like an ice palace.        

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

Henry S. Haskins: (1875–1957) Stockbroker and man of letters. His aphorisms were edited and published anonymously with an introduction by Albert Jay Nock in 1940. We should train our desires to show the way to our dreams. We should train our desires to show the way to our dreams. The deadliest contagion is majority opinion.… Lees verder Henry Stanley Haskins

The human imagination of the world is an immense web of fictions full of logical contradictions.

Some people only have two brain cells, and they also argue with each other.

If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.