Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Hennes Väg: Swedish writer and blogger on relationship-related topics. We continue to miss the people we lose, we just learn to live around the holes they leave behind.        

Baltasar Gracián y Morales: (Belmonte (near Calatayud), 1601 – Tarazona (in Aragon). Spanish Jesuit known as a writer of amoral, illusory, “Machiavellian”, often cynically named books, including Handoracle and Art of Prudence. His work was praised by Nietzsche, Voltaire, Stendhal and La Rochefoucauld. Schopenhauer translated Handorakel into German. Gracián also wrote under the name Lorenzo… Lees verder Baltasar Gracián

Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa: (Lisbon, 13 June 1888 – there, 30 November 1935). One of the most important poets in Portuguese literature and perhaps one of the most significant poets of the 20th century. I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.        

Markus Zusak: (Sydney, 23 June 1975) is an Australian writer. He is the son of an Austrian father and a German mother. He is the youngest of four children. Four of Zusak’s books have been published in Dutch: De underdog, De vechter, De boekendief and De boodschapper. De boekendief (the English original was published in… Lees verder Markus Zusak

Suzy Kassem: American writer, film director, philosopher, author, social commentator, activist, and poet who specializes in social issues of public concern. Nothing threatens a corrupt system more than a free mind. The number of ways you can live in one lifetime is limitless. So why limit yourself? The sky is NOT the limit. Beyond the… Lees verder Suzy Kassem

Michael Hartung: Independend Computer Hardware Professional. Tucson, Arizona, United States.   Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works.        

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein: (Vienna, 26 April 1889 – Cambridge, 29 April 1951). Austrian-British philosopher. He made many contributions to the philosophy of language and to the foundations of logic. He also made contributions to the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of mind. He is considered a pioneer of analytic philosophy and is considered… Lees verder Ludwig Wittgenstein

Dzhengis Khan: Born as Temüji. (1162 – Yinchuan, 18 August 1227). Mongolian ruler (kan, chan or khan) and conqueror. Dzhengis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the largest continuous empire in world history in terms of area. It stretched from China to the Danube River. During the campaigns under his rule, massive massacres of… Lees verder Dzjhengis Khan

Robert Herrick: (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674). 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”, with the first line “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may”. I sing of… Lees verder Robert Herrick

John Christopher (Johnny) Depp II: (Owensboro, 9 June 1963) is an American actor, musician and artist. He has received multiple awards, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTAs. People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because they’ve been strong for… Lees verder Johnny Depp