Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Mason Cooley: (1927 – July 25, 2002). American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of the aphorisms Cooley developed was “The time I kill is killing me.” He was professor emeritus of French, speech and world literature at the College of Staten Island. He was also an assistant professor of English at Columbia University… Lees verder Mason Cooley

Louis-Philippe Robidoux: Canadian writer, poet, moralist and journalist born on 27 April 1897 in Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Louis-Philippe Robidoux died on 28 February 1957 at the age of 59 in Sherbrooke, a town located at the confluence of the Magog and Saint-François rivers in Quebec. His works include Toute la gamme (1924), Feuilles Volantes (1949)… Lees verder Louis-Philippe Robidoux

José Ortega y Gasset: (Madrid, 9 May 1883 – there, 18 October 1955). Influential Spanish philosopher, who achieved international fame with his book ‘La rebelión de las masas’ (The Revolt of the Hordes). He is associated with the Generation of ‘98 and made a mark on his country’s thinking and eventful politics in the first… Lees verder O. Gasset

Charles den Tex: (Box Hill, Australia, 21 April 1952). Dutch writer. Den Tex returned to the Netherlands with his parents at the age of five. He studied photography and film in London, worked in Paris and settled in the Netherlands in 1979 as an advertising copywriter and later a communications and management consultant. He wrote… Lees verder Charles den Tex

Sir Roger Vernon Scruton: (27 February 1944 – 12 January 2020). English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of conservative views. Editor from 1982 to 2001 of The Salisbury Review, a conservative political journal, Scruton wrote over 50 books on philosophy, art, music, politics, literature,… Lees verder Roger Scruton

Frank Owen Gehry: Born as Frank Owen Goldberg. (Toronto, 28 February 1929). Canadian-American architect. Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Winifred Holtby: (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935). English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936. The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra: (born Lorenzo Pietro Berra; May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015). American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–1963, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and… Lees verder Yogi Berra

Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell: (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964). British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home… Lees verder Edith Sitwell

Kazuaki Tanahashi: (October 4, 1933). Accomplished Japanese calligrapher, Zen teacher, author and translator of Buddhist texts from Japanese and Chinese to English, most notably works by Dogen (he began his translation of Shobogenzo in his twenties). He first met Shunryu Suzuki in 1964, and upon reading Suzuki’s book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind he stated, “I… Lees verder Kazuaki Tanahashi