Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

No matter how damaged you are, there will still be love for you. No matter how unlovable you think you are, you will still be loved. You will always be loved.

Alexander Pope: (London, 21 May 1688 – Twickenham (now part of London), 30 May 1744). English poet. In cold December, fragrant chaplets blow, and heavy harvests nod beneath the snow. And, after all, what is a lie? It’s just the masked truth.

George Gordon Byron: (London, 22 January 1788 – Mesolongi, 19 April 1824) Known as Lord Byron, was an English Romantic poet and writer. Byron’s reputation rests not only on his writings, but also on his life full of aristocratic excesses, huge debts and numerous love affairs. Lady Caroline Lamb called him ‘mad, wicked and dangerous… Lees verder Lord George Byron

When you’re a kid, you think your parents are invincible and all-knowing, and then you start to grow up and realize that they’re simply flawed human beings trying to make their way in the world the best they can.

Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.

I have rules that I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me. Governments don’t want an intelligent population because people who can think critically can’t be ruled. They want a public just smart enough to keep voting and electing corrupt politicians. Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach… Lees verder George Carlin

Logic does not produce truth, she only unbolts her.

Anyone who says: freedom rules here is lying, because freedom doesn’t rule.

Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker: (born 15 April 1920 in Stuttgart; died 31 January 2015 in Berlin). German politician (CDU). He served as Vice-President of the German Bundestag from 1979 to 1981 and as Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984. From 1984 to 1994, he was the sixth Federal President of the… Lees verder Richard von Weizsäcker

Karl Heinrich Marx: (Trier, 5 May 1818 – Londen, 14 March 1883). Duits denker die de (politieke) philosophies, de economies, de sociologies, de journalistiek en de historiografie sterk heeft beïnvloed. Hij was een grondlegger van de arbeidersbeweging en een central figure in de geschiedenis van het socialisme en het communisme. Marx wonde en werkte in… Lees verder Karl Marx