Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Werner Paul Walther Finck: (* 2 May 1902 in Görlitz; † 31 July 1978 in Munich). German cabaret artist, actor and writer. Where it goes too far, freedom only begins.

Johann Ludwig Uhland: (Tübingen, 26 April 1787 – there, 13 November 1862). German poet, philologist, literary scholar, lawyer and politician. For what he thinks is terror, and what he looks is wrath, and what he speaks is scourge, and what he writes is blood.

Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann: (Munich, 18 November 1906 – Cannes, 21 May1949). German writer. He was a son of the famous writer and Nobel laureate Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Mann (born Pringsheim). The sleep we crave, the perfect sleep, is dreamless. We are haunted by dreams once we learn to remember and feel… Lees verder Klaus Mann

André Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog: (Elbeuf 26 July 1885 – Neuilly-sur-Seine 9 October 1967). French writer and historian. For a marriage to be truly happy, love must mingle with friendship. The whole art of marriage is knowing how to move from love to friendship without sacrificing love.

Hubert Horatio Humphrey: (Wallace (South Dakota), 27 May 1911 – Waverly (Minnesota), 13 January 1978). American politician of the Democratic Party. As such, he served as vice president, among other things. Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

Jules Verne: (Nantes, 8 February 1828 – Amiens, 24 March 1905). French author of adventure travel descriptions using new techniques, to many parts of the earth and to unknown areas such as the deep sea, the interior of the earth and the moon. Verne is often considered the father of science fiction. This is probably… Lees verder Jules Verne

Shameem Anwar: Passed away: Lahore, Pakistan, 17 January 2016 Pakistani teachers. Life fails to be perfect but never fails to be beautiful.

Life really starts when you get out of your comfort zone. What could be simpler than walking? It requires nothing but a body, space and time. Keep your backpack light and empty. Everything is within walking distance, if you have time. The camino is where earth and sky meet. The camino is not meant to… Lees verder Tree of Wisdom, Camino

Jacques Amyot: (Melun, 30 October, 1513 – Auxerre, 6 February 1593). Bishop of Auxerre and one of the most important translators into French of ancient texts by Greek and Latin writers. Friendship is the cement of human life.

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert: (Hainichen, 4 July 1715 – Leipzig, 13 December 1769). German writer, poet and moral philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, best known for his fables. Men dream when they sleep. Women dream when they can’t sleep.