Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

William Stanley Merwin: (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019). American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin’s unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 1980s and 1990s, his writing influence derived from an interest… Lees verder W. S. Merwin

Hippocrates of Kos: (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος) (Kos, c. 460 BC – Larissa, 377 BC) was a Greek physician. His name means ‘horse tamer’. He is regarded as the founder, the ‘father’ of Western medicine, because he was the first to recognise natural rather than supernatural causes for diseases. He was one of the… Lees verder Hippocrates

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

Clarice Lispector: (Chechelnik (Ukraine), December 10, 1920 – Rio de Janeiro, December 9, 1977). Brazilian writer and journalist. Pseudonyms: Helen Palmer, Teresa Quadros, Ilka Soares. She was born into a Jewish family in Ukraine, but when she was two months old, her father was exiled and they emigrated to Brazil. She lost her mother when… Lees verder Clarice Lispector

Menander of Athens: (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος, Menandros) (Kifisia, 342 – Piraeus (city), 291 BC). Greek playwright. Menander was born the son of Diopeithes, an Athenian general and the governor of Chersonese in Thrace. His uncle Alexis was an actor and director and also wrote plays. He was influential in developing his ability to write comedy… Lees verder Menander of Athens

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.      

This has neither hand nor foot. I’d stake my life on him. To have a fire in one’ s belly. To play jokes. To drag something in by the hair. That goes below the belt line. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. To be out to pasture. To let grass grow over something.… Lees verder English proverbs and sayings