Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

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.

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman: (Portchester, 10 November 1960). English writer of science fiction, fantasy and specifically urban fantasy, horror and comics, among others. He has received several notable awards in his career, including the Nebula Award and the Bram Stoker Award. By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw,… Lees verder Neil Gaiman

John Greenleaf Whittier: (Haverhill, Massachusetts, 17 December 1807 – 7 September 1892 Hampton Falls, New Hampshire). American Quaker, reformer and poet who belonged to the group of the Fireside Poets. Whittier was a pioneer in regional literature and a passionate campaigner for humanitarian causes, especially the abolition of slavery. His first poems were published in… Lees verder John Greenleaf Whittier

William Cullen Bryant: (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878). American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life. In 1825, Bryant relocated to New York City, where he became an… Lees verder William C. Bryant

The man who views the world at 50, the same way he viewed it at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.