Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

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

Akash B. Chandra: Indian Web Designer, FB App Developer, Game Developer and writer. Some people can’t be fooled on April Fool’s Day because they were fooled too many times during their entire lifetime.

Charles Lamb: (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834). English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children’s book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Hazlitt, Lamb… Lees verder Charles Lamb

Matthew Gregory Lewis: (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818). English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as “Gothic horror”. He was frequently referred to as “Monk” Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The Monk. He also worked as a diplomat, politician and an estate owner in… Lees verder Matthew Gregory Lewis

Thalassa Cruso Hencken: Born Mary Thalassa Alford Cruso. (January 7, 1909 – June 11, 1997). British-born presenter and author on horticulture. Through her appearance on The Tonight Show, as well as her gardening show on PBS, Making Things Grow, she became known to a wide audience and earned the reputation as “The Julia Child of… Lees verder Thalassa Cruso

Gender equality does not exist anywhere.

Tracy Chevalier: (Washington, October 1962). British-American writer of historical novels. She created a furore with Girl with a Pearl Earring, a novel centred on Vermeer’s painting of the same name. My father was often impatient during March, waiting for winter to end, the cold to ease, the sun to reappear. March was an unpredictable month,… Lees verder Tracy Chevalier

Plato: (Athens, c. 427 BC – there, 347 BC). Greek philosopher and writer. Plato was a pupil of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. He became one of the influential thinkers in Western philosophy and was the founder of the Athenian Akademeia, the first institution of higher learning in the West. He wrote dialogues on various… Lees verder Plato

Algernon Charles Swinburne: (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909). English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote many plays – all tragedies – and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. In the mute August afternoon, they trembled to some undertune of music… Lees verder Algernon C. Swinburne

Only the hospital shows what war is. I used to think everyone was against war until I found out there were some for it; especially the ones that don’t have to go.