Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Jan Greshoff: (Nieuw-Helvoet, 15 December 1888 – Cape Town, 19 March 1971). Dutch journalist and writer who became best known as a poet and critic. Greshoff worked as a journalist from 1908, including at the Dagblad van Zuid-Holland and ‘s-Gravenhage and for weekly De Hofstad. From 1916, he worked on the arts editorial of De… Lees verder Jan Greshoff

I am troubled and harsh and hopeless. Though I have love inside me. But I don’t know how to use love. Sometimes it scratches like barbs.

Don’t affirm anything with an oath, not even the truth. Let not your friend your cherished secrets hear; then, if you quarrel, you’ve no cause to fear. How great the small gift when ’tis timely given.

A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.

Rules are made for people who aren’t willing to make up their own.

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

All that glitters is not gold. Rome wasn’t built in a day. All good things come to an end. All’s well that end well. All roads lead to Rome. Make a fool of oneself. A man’s home is his castle. A change of heart. It’s all Greek to me. The wish is father to the… Lees verder English proverbs and sayings

The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.

Lois Ann Lowry: ( née Hammersberg; born March 20, 1937). American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won… Lees verder Lois Lowry