Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Carl Zuckmayer

Carl Zuckmayer: (Nackenheim, December 27, 1896 – Visp, Switzerland, January 18, 1977) was a German writer. Zuckmayer grew up in Mainz, attended gymnasium there, and participated in the First World War as a volunteer. After the war, he studied for another two years in Frankfurt and Heidelberg, but in 1920 he moved to Berlin and… Lees verder Carl Zuckmayer

George Gershwin

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music. Life is a lot like jazz – it’s best when you improvise.

Pythagoras

Learn to be silent. Let your still mind listen and absorb. Be nobody’s tyrant, not even your dog; be nobody’s slave, not even your friend’s. In household goods the newest is best, in friendship the oldest. A fool is known by his speech; a wise man by silence. No man is free who cannot control… Lees verder Pythagoras

Epictetus

Epictetus: (50 – c. 130 AD). Stoic philosopher and along with Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, among others, is counted among the leading figures in Stoic philosophy from the first centuries AD. Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems. You are a little soul carrying around… Lees verder Epictetus

Waldemar Bonsels

Waldemar Bonsels: (February 21, 1880 – July 31, 1952). German writer. He is best known as the creator of the character Maya the Bee. Bonsels’ most famous work is the children’s book *Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer* (The Adventures of Maya the Bee). In addition, he wrote various other literary works, including novels such… Lees verder Waldemar Bonsels

Gretel Ehrlich

Gretel Ehrlich: (born 1946). American writer, poet and essayist, known for her lyrical descriptions of nature and her work on life in the wilderness of Wyoming, Iceland and the polar regions. Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.