Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Gabriel García Márquez: (Aracataca, Colombia, 6 March 1927 – Mexico City, 17 April 2014). Also called Gabo, Colombian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also a publicist, journalist and political activist. García Márquez was considered an important exponent of magical realism. There is always something left to love. Even in… Lees verder Gabriel García Márquez

Joseph Allen: Singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s known for his golden-buzzer winning performances on America’s Got Talent 2019 and his appearance on 2020’s season of MTV’s The Challenge: Double Agents, as well as for his fresh and unique take on writing and producing music. The day people understand this image, everything will change.    … Lees verder Joseph Allen

Desmond Mpilo Tutu: (Klerksdorp, 7 October 1931 – Cape Town, 26 December 2021). South African cleric and human rights activist. He was the first black archbishop of the Anglican Church in Cape Town and received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the fight against apartheid on 16 October 1984. He was chairman of… Lees verder Desmond Tutu

Marc Parent: Canadian aphorist and author. Former Montreal city police director. If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers. February is for doers.

Rita Süßmuth: Born as Rita Kickuth. (Wuppertal, 17 February 1937). German politician (CDU). From 1988 to 1998, she was chairwoman of the Bundestag. It is a dangerous path to constantly call for leaders to tell us where to go.

Bruce Coville: (Syracuse (New York), 16 May 1950). American author of children’s and young adult books. He was born in Syracuse, New York State, and has continued to live there except when he went to study at Duke University in New York. Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people — they always go… Lees verder Bruce Coville

When you enter August, you want some beach days, some relaxing days, and some wife-out-of-town days. The thunder in the sky makes the cloud cry, and life in August is like a thunderstorm. I feel small, but so are stars, from a distance. Real discernment is seeing through the pain and trauma of yourself and… Lees verder Author unknown II

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine: (Mâcon, 21 October 1790 – Paris, 28 February 1869). French poet, historian and statesman. An empire, glory, freedom, everything is taken away by time.

Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus (Gerard) Bolland: (Groningen, 9 June 1854 – Leiden, 11 February 1922). Dutch self-taught philosopher and linguist. Bolland was born in Groningen and came from a simple Catholic family. After attaining self-taught employment as a teacher in Katwijk aan Zee and then as a teacher of English and German in Batavia, Bolland… Lees verder G. J. P. J. Bolland

John Gay: (Barnstaple (Devon), 30 June 1685 – London, 4 December 1732). English poet and dramatist, best known for his play The Beggar’s Opera. Gay was secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth from 1712 to 1714. In 1713, he published the poem Rural sports, dedicated to Alexander Pope, with whom he was a friend. In… Lees verder John Gay