Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Eduard Douwes Dekker: (2 March 1820 – 19 February 1887). Better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tulī, “I have suffered much”), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today’s Indonesia). He is considered one… Lees verder Multatuli

Morgan Nicolaas: No information available. Going through things you never thought you’d go through will only take you places you never thought you’d get to.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

Don’t fool yourself by the illusion of truly knowing people. You’d be surprised with the secrets they hide from you.

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde: (Dublin, 16 October 1854 – Paris, 30 November 1900). Writer, poet and aesthete of Irish descent who lived in England for much of his life.   An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner. Too many people… Lees verder Oscar Wilde

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present, and nonjudgmentally.

Neither your past nor the present ways will work out for the coming challenges. So look forward instead of backward.

It is a frightening thought, that in one fraction of a moment you can fall in the kind of love that takes a lifetime to get over. I never wanted a quiet , sensible sort of love. I wanted to be devoured.

Socrates: (Athens, c. 470/469 BC – there, 399 BC) or Sokrates (Ancient Greek: Σωκράτης). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. He is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy, although as far as is known he left no writings of his own. He became known through the accounts of his students, especially those of Plato and… Lees verder Socrates

The simplest things are the hardest to understand.