Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Never judge your body, just observe.

When you are doing one thing – talking on your phone, texting, whatever – you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarcity in the world today? It’s not oil. It’s time. Time is precious. Don’t throw it away.

Making people laugh is what I really enjoy.

The people love the truth that strikes their neighbor.

Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson: (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991). English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England’s first openly gay authors. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot and later received a knighthood for his services to literature. April, April,… Lees verder Angus Wilson

Thomas Tusser: (c. 1524 – 3 May 1580). English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, an expanded version of his original title, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557. For Tusser the garden was the domain of the housewife, and the 1562 text… Lees verder Thomas Tusser

William Hamilton Gibson: (October 5, 1850 – July 16, 1896). American illustrator, author and naturalist. Oh, the lovely fickleness of an April day!

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey: (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905). American children’s author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. April. Every tear is answered by a blossom. Every sigh with songs and laughter blent. April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.

Cyril Tourneur: (born c. 1575 — died Feb. 28, 1626, Kinsale, County Cork, Ire.). English dramatist whose reputation rests largely upon The Atheist’s Tragedie, which is written in verse that is rich in macabre imagery. In 1625 Sir Edward Cecil appointed Tourneur secretary to the council of war. This appointment was canceled by the duke… Lees verder Cyril Tourneur

Robert Seymour Bridges: (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930). British poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’s efforts that the… Lees verder Robert Bridges