Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Henry Nicholson Ellacombe: (1822–1916). British plantsman and author on botany and gardening. Ellacombe, the son of Henry Thomas Ellacombe, was born at Bitton, Gloucestershire in 1822. He attended Bath Grammar School and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1844. In 1847 he was ordained and spent a year as a curate at Sudbury, Derbyshire, before returning… Lees verder Henry N. Ellacombe

Enid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones: (27 October 1889 – 31 March 1981). British writer and playwright best known for the 1935 story National Velvet. Born on 27 October 1889 in Rochester, Kent, daughter of Colonel Arthur Henry Bagnold and his wife, Ethel (née Alger), and brought up mostly in Jamaica. Her younger brother was Ralph… Lees verder Enid Bagnold

Endings are not bad things. They just mean that something else is about to begin.

William Wordsworth: (Cockermouth, 7 April 1770 – Rydal (Westmorland), 23 April 1850). English Romantic poet. The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. Cloud-piercing peak, and trackless heath, instinctive homage pay. Nor wants the dim-lit cave a wreath to honor thee, sweet May! While from… Lees verder William Wordsworth

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson: (10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886). American poet whose work, together with that of Walt Whitman, ushered in a new era in American poetry: modernism. Although she led a reclusive life and achieved little fame during her active years, after her death she was recognised as one of the most important… Lees verder Emily Dickinson

Charles John Huffam Dickens: (Landport near Portsmouth, 7 February 1812 – Higham (Kent), 9 June 1870). One of the most important English writers during the Victorian era and the first literary chronicler of the metropolis in the midst of the Industrial Revolution. Until after World War I, he remained England’s most popular writer. He achieved… Lees verder Charles Dickens

Aldo Leopold: (Burlington, Jan. 11, 1887 – Baraboo, April 21, 1948). American forest manager, ecologist, conservationist and author. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is known as the author of A Sand County Almanac (1949). Leopold was an influential figure in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement… Lees verder Aldo Leopold

Jean Hersey: American (New York) author of books about nature. January is the month for dreaming. November is chill, frosted mornings with a silver sun rising behind the trees, red cardinals at the feeders, and squirrels running scallops along the tops of the gray stone walls. July can also be hard and shiny, brassy and… Lees verder Jean Hersey

The devil’s network in the world has only one name: money.

Who said love is blind? She is the only one who sees sharply: she discovers beauties where others do not notice. Our intellectuals are always ready to question a truth, but rarely an error. The most common illness among politicians is amnesia.