Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Charles James Fox: (London, 24 January 1749 – Chiswick, 13 September 1806). Prominent British politician of the Whig Party. He served as a Member of Parliament for 38 consecutive years and was the arch-rival of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. He was a gifted orator but also attracted attention for his colourful private life.… Lees verder Charles James Fox

Jacob Cats: (Brouwershaven, 10 November 1577 – The Hague, 12 September 1660).   Dutch poet, jurist, and politician. Cats is also known as Father Cats, due to his common didactic poems (such as the phrase “Children are a nuisance,” said Father Cats). Commonly, a fool stands ashamed who climbs higher than is fitting for him. The… Lees verder Jacob Cats

René Descartes: Latinized Renatus Cartesius (The Hague-en-Touraine, March 31, 1596 – Stockholm, February 11, 1650) A philosopher and mathematician of French origin who lived a large part of his life in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. His approach to the problem of knowledge and the nature of the human mind played an important… Lees verder René Descartes

Sattareh Farman Farmaian: (1921–2012) Prominent Iranian social worker and advocate for women’s and children’s rights. She is widely regarded as the “mother of social work in Iran”. Born: 1921 in Shiraz, Iran. Died: 2012 in Los Angeles, USA. She introduced modern methods for social work in Iran and founded the first school for social work… Lees verder Sattareh Farman Farmaian

Dr. James Randall Tompkins: Boone and Deep Gap, North Carolina. He died on February 5 at the age of 86. He grew up in New Jersey and received his Bachelor of Arts from Mount Saint Mary’s University, his Master of Arts from Niagara University and his PhD from the Catholic University of America. He devoted… Lees verder J. R. Tompkins

Luigi Pirandello: (Agrigento, 28 June 1867 – Rome, 10 December 1936). Italian writer of poetry, plays and novels. In 1934, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. But the real cause of all our misery, this sadness of ours—do you know what it is? Democracy, my dear friend, democracy, that is to say, the… Lees verder Luigi Pirandello 

Thomas Middleton: (baptised in London, 18 April 1580 – buried at Newington Butts, 4 July 1627). An English playwright active during the reign of James I. Middleton was the son of a master mason from London. He studied at Oxford but did not graduate. Even before leaving Oxford, he had published a number of poems.… Lees verder Thomas Middleton

Fernando Sabino: (October 12, 1923 – October 11, 2004) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and lived there until he was twenty, after which he moved to Rio de Janeiro. Sabino wrote fifty books, as well as countless short stories and essays. His first book was published… Lees verder Fernando Sabino

Herman August Paul De Coninck: (Mechelen, 21 February 1944 – Lisbon, 22 May 1997) Better known by his pen name Herman de Coninck, he was a Flemish poet, essayist, journalist and magazine publisher. Herman de Coninck is known as ‘the man who taught his people to read poetry’, following in the footsteps of the 19th-century… Lees verder Herman de Coninck

Douglas Noël Adams: (Cambridge, 11 March 1952 – Santa Barbara, 11 May 2001) British science fiction writer. Adams was born in Cambridge, the son of Christopher Adams (1927–1985) and Janet Donovan (1927–2016). He attended school in Essex (Brentwood Prep School) and studied at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he unsuccessfully attempted to join the renowned… Lees verder Douglas Adams