Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Thomas Otway: (3 March 1652, Trotton with Chithurst in Sussex – 14 April 1685). English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv’d, or A Plot Discover’d (1682). No balcony appeared in the famous romantic balcony scene between Romeo and Juliet (Juliet appears at a window in Shakespeare’s Act 2, Scene 2). Otway… Lees verder Thomas Otway

Alexander Smith: (1829/30–1867). Scottish poet and essayist, associated with the Spasmodic School of poets known for their intense imagery and metrical variation. He published poetry collections like “City Poems,” a Northumbrian epic poem “Edwin of Deira,” and prose works such as “Dreamthorp” and “A Summer in Skye.” He died young at 37 and was also… Lees verder Alexander Smith

Martin J. “Marty” Rubin: (June 4, 1929 – February 14, 1994). South Florida gay activist, author and journalist. The Thebans was Florida’s first gay motorcycle club, founded in 1974. The biker group published the Theban, hosted the annual run known as the Theban Sun, and was a founding member of the Southern Conference of Motorcycle… Lees verder Marty Rubin

Thomas Stearns Eliot: (Saint Louis (Missouri), 26 September 1888 – London, 4 January 1965). American-British poet, playwright, cultural philosopher and literary critic. He was one of the most important figures in 20th-century literature and one of the greatest innovators of poetry, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. April is the cruelest month, breeding… Lees verder T. S. Eliot

Christopher Darlington Morley: (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957). American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks, “Go!” That’s why I call this place the Haunted Bookshop. Haunted by the ghosts of the… Lees verder Christopher Morley

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.

In our present times, the governments are best served by mediocre people who submit to everything. Striving for highly independent learning is not only not encouraged, but also feared.

Freedom is man’s desire to control his actions.

I always want to keep moving musically and trying new things.

Rosa Luxemburg: (Zamość, 5 March 1871 – Berlin, 15 January 1919). German Marxist politician, philosopher and revolutionary. She was born Rozalia Luxenburg into a Polish-Jewish middle-class family, in Weichselland, or Russian Poland. Her later surname Luxembourg can probably be traced back to a spelling error at the civil registry. Freedom only for supporters of the… Lees verder Rosa Luxemburg