Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

George Orwell: Pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair (Motihari (India), 25 June 1903 – London, 21 January 1950) British writer, journalist, essayist and literary critic. He is one of the most admired English-language authors of the 20th century. In our age, there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues,… Lees verder George Orwell

Man is the measure of all things: of the things that are, that they are, of the things that are not, that they are not.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: (Röcken, 15 October 1844 – Weimar, 25 August 1900) German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and philologist considered one of the most influential modern thinkers. Perhaps no one has yet been truthful enough about what ‘truthfulness” is. The antithesis is the narrow gate through which error prefers to sneak into the truth.… Lees verder Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Margaret Eleanor Atwood: (Ottawa, 18 November 1939). Prominent contemporary Canadian writer. She is a poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and political activist. She has received both national and international recognition. A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze.

Paulo Coelho de Souza: (born, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24 August 1947). Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist became an international best-seller. I think it’s important to realize you can miss something, but not want it back. When each day is… Lees verder Paulo Coelho

When you have something to say, silence is a lie.

Brené Brown: American researcher, storyteller, and Texan who’s spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. The strongest people aren’t always the people who win, but the people who don’t give up when they lose. In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to… Lees verder Brené Brown

Bertrand Arthur William Russell: (Trellech (Monmouthshire, Wales), 18 May 1872 – Penrhyndeudraeth (Gwynedd, Wales), 2 February 1970). British philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, champion of social innovation, humanist, pacifist and a prominent atheist rationalist. Russell was awarded the Order of Merit in 1949 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950. Mathematics, rightly viewed, posses… Lees verder Bertrand Russell

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton: (London, 25 May 1803 – Torquay, 18 January 1873). English poet, playwright, literary critic and politician. Fate laughs at probabilities. Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.            

Leonardo da Vinci: (Anchiano (Vinci), 15 April 1452 – Amboise, 2 May 1519). Italian architect, inventor, engineer, philosopher, physicist, chemist, anatomist, sculptor, writer and painter from the Florentine Republic, during the Italian Renaissance. He is considered the textbook example of the Renaissance ideal of homo universalis and genius. I awoke, only to find out that… Lees verder Leonardo da Vinci