Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Henrik Johan Ibsen: (Skien, 20 March 1828 – Kristiania, 23 May 1906). Norwegian playwright and poet. 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… 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.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac: (Lowell (Massachusetts), 12 March 1922 – Saint Petersburg (Florida), 21 October 1969) American writer. Will you love me in December as you do in May? Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree. Night is longer than the day for those who dream &… Lees verder Jack Kerouac

Sigmund Freud: Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud. (Freiberg (Moravia), 6 May 1856 – London, 23 September 1939). Neurologist from Austria-Hungary and the founder of psychoanalysis. Although several of Freud’s theories and methods are controversial, he is considered the founder and one of the most influential psychologists and thinkers of the 20th century. Men are strong only… Lees verder Sigmund Freud

Clive Staples Lewis: (Belfast, 29 November 1898 – Oxford, 22 November 1963). Irish-born British writer, professor, man of letters and Christian apologist. You can make anything by writing. One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is the shut their eyes to facts. There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave… Lees verder C. S. Lewis