Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

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.

Vincent Willem van Gogh: (Zundert, 30 March 1853 – Auvers-sur-Oise, 29 July 1890) Dutch painter. His work falls under Post-Impressionism, an art movement that succeeded nineteenth-century Impressionism. If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. I wish they would take me as I am. There is nothing more truly artistic than to love… Lees verder Vincent Van Gogh

A person’s freedom is no greater than his imagination.

Real life … it was an ambiguous world, where actions sometimes had no meaning, where chaos reigned and no one was allowed to see the big picture, only their small portion of it.

John Locke: (Wrington near Bristol, 29 August 1632 – High Laver, Essex, 28 October 1704). English philosopher, economist and physician during the period of the early Enlightenment. He was friends with Robert Boyle and Lord Ashley. He was also affiliated with the Cambridge Platonists, but he did not follow them in all aspects. Locke, in… Lees verder John Locke

Terence David John Pratchett: (Beaconsfield, 28 April 1948 – Broad Chalke, 12 March 2015). English author of humorous fantasy books, many of which are set on the Discworld. Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films. Only in our dreams are we free. The… Lees verder Terry Pratchett

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.