Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Alfred Austin: (Headingley, Leeds, 30 May 1835 – Ashford, Kent, 2 June 1913). English poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after his predecessor Alfred Tennyson died in 1892. Pale January lay in its cradle day by day. Dead or living, hard to say.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca: (Madrid, 17 January 1600 – there, 25 May 1681). Important Spanish dramatist, the last great playwright of 17th-century Spain after Lope de Vega. Even in dreams, there is no loss of doing good. But whether it be truth or dream, to do well is what matters. If it is true,… Lees verder Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Anushka Atukorala: Born Colombo, Sri Lanka American writer of Christian books. A New Year has tiptoed in. Let’s go forward to meet it.

Katherine May: English internationally renowned writer, podcaster and speaker whose work touches on nature, spirituality, slow living and neurodivergence. Winter has decorated ordinary life.    

Mother Teresa: Born Anjezë Gonxha Bojaxhiu. (Skopje, 26 August 1910 – Calcutta, 5 September 1997). Albanian Catholic nun, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Peace Prize winner. She devoted herself among the poorest of the poor in India. The congregation she founded in 1950 had more than 4,500 members with 300 homes in… Lees verder Mother Teresa

Anna Ogena: No information. The Truth is the truth, even if no one believes it. A Lie is a lie, even if everyone accepts it. A Sin is a sin, no matter what color you associated it.

Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller: (Dessau, 7 October 1794 – there, 1 October 1827). German, romantic poet. As soon as poverty sneaks through the door into the house, False Friendship throws itself out of the window.

Paramahansa Yogananda: Actually: Mukoenda Lal Gosh. (Gorakhpur, Bengal, 5 January 1893 – Los Angeles, 7 March 1952). Yoga teacher and a contemporary of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Swami Yogananda received his training in the tradition initiated by Mahavatar Babaji. Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world. Let my soul smile through my… Lees verder Paramahansa Yogananda

Hannibal Barkas: (Carthage, 247 BC[1] – Libyssa, 183 BC-181 BC). Carthaginian general and politician. He was the son of Hamilcar Barkas, also a Carthaginian army commander. The first part of his name, the actual personal name, means ‘grace of Ba’al’; the second part, ‘lightning’, is a nickname his father had carried for some time. Either… Lees verder Hannibal Barkas

Wallace Stevens: (Reading, Pennsylvania, 2 October 1879 – Hartford, Connecticut, 2 August 1955). American poet and a leading representative of modernism. His Collected Poems won him the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry at the end of his life. Some of his best-known poems include ‘The Idea of Order at Key West’, ‘Anecdote of the Jar’ and… Lees verder Wallace Stevens