Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Listen to people who know more than you do. Then do it your own way.

Walter ‘Walt’ Whitman: (West Hills (New York), 31 May 1819 – Camden (New Jersey), 26 March 1892). American poet, journalist and essayist whose poetry collection Leaves of Grass marked a milestone in the history of American literature. He is what Americans call a ‘self-made’ man: he started out as an errand boy in a law… Lees verder Walt Whitman

Sun Tzu: (also called Sunzi). (Huimin, c. 544 BC – ?, c. 496 BC). General and military strategist of the Chinese kingdom of Wu during the Period of Spring and Autumn (771 – 476 BC). He is traditionally considered the author of the book The Art of War. There is no instance of a country… Lees verder Sun Tzu

If drunk people start telling you the truth, you’ll have to get yourself more drunk soon.

Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too. The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That’s one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion… Lees verder Henrik Ibsen

The new Germany is a democracy. Such was the old Germany, or tried to be: but then the Nazis came and all hell broke loose. Hell can break loose anywhere: all people have hellish tendencies.

John Ernst Steinbeck: (Salinas (California), 27 February 1902 – New York, 20 December 1968). American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Over the course of his career, Steinbeck wrote twenty-seven books: sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and five collections of short stories. But I do feel strange – almost unearthly. I’ll… Lees verder John Steinbeck

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard: ( 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. Any truth is only true up to a certain point. When one oversteps the mark, it becomes a non-truth. Most people are so obsessed with… Lees verder Søren Kierkegaard

Albert Camus: (Mondovi, French Algeria, 7 November 1913 – Villeblevin, 4 January 1960). French philosopher, journalist and writer of novels, essays and plays. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking… Lees verder Albert Camus

The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before.