Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Rabindranath Tagore, or Thakur: (Calcutta, 7 May 1861 – there, 7 August 1941) Famous Indian poet, novelist and playwright. He also practised painting and also spoke Esperanto. He was also the first Indian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Tagore wrote the Indian and Bengali national anthems. I slept, and dreamed that… Lees verder Rabindranath Tagore

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Dream becoming reality runs like water between the fingers.

Henry David Thoreau: Born as David Henry Thoreau. (Concord (Massachusetts), 12 July 1817 – there, 6 May 1862). American essayist, teacher, social philosopher, naturalist and poet. The question is not what you look at, but what you see. Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced. – If one advances confidently in… Lees verder Henry David Thoreau

Science fiction is not necessarily either fiction or anything to do with science.

Robert Anson Heinlein: (Butler (Missouri), 7 July 1907 – Carmel-by-the-Sea (California), 8 May 1988). One of the most influential American science fiction writers. Along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke, he was among the ‘big three’ of 20th-century science fiction. May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.… Lees verder Robert A. Heinlein

Ludwig van Beethoven: (Bonn, 15, 16 or 17 December[1] 1770 – Vienna, 26 March 1827). German composer, musician, virtuoso and conductor. His style in his early period is directly in line with that of Mozart and Haydn, with whom he is considered part of the First Viennese School. He brought classicism to completion and, in… Lees verder Ludwig van Beethoven

The highest art of warfare is not to fight at all, but to subvert anything of value in the country of your enemy until such time that the perception of reality of your enemy is screwed up to such an extend that he does not perceive you as an enemy…You can take your enemy without… Lees verder Yurli Bezmenov

Karel Appel: (Amsterdam, April 25, 1921 – Zurich, May 3, 2006) was a Dutch painter and sculptor in modern art from the second half of the twentieth century, who can be considered an Expressionist. His breakthrough came through his membership in the Cobra group. Appel was born on Dapperstraat in Amsterdam, in a working-class neighborhood.… Lees verder Karel Appel