Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Frank Vincent Zappa: (Baltimore, 21 December 1940 – Laurel Canyon (California), 4 December 1993). American composer and musician, who was also a member or leader of several rock groups (such as The Mothers of Invention). Zappa mixed rock music with psychedelia, jazz, experimental music and contemporary classical music combined with a large dose of self-mockery,… Lees verder Frank Zappa

Walter Savage Landor: (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864). English writer, poet, and activist. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem “Rose Aylmer,” but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled… Lees verder Walter Savage Landor

Jean Rhys: Pseudonym of Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams. (Roseau (Dominica), 24 August 1890 – Exeter, 14 May 1979). Part British, part Caribbean writer of stories and novels. Only the magic and the dream are true – all the rest’s a lie.

Charles Henri Eugène Régismanset: Born on 21 June 1873 Carcassonne. Died 5 January 1945. French writer and civil servant. To keep a friend, you need more stubbornness than friendship. Without shared admiration and hatred, there can be no true friendship.

Novalis: Pseudonym of Georg Friedrich Philipp Freiherr von Hardenberg. (Oberwiederstedt, 2 May 1772 – Weißenfels, 25 March 1801), German author of the Romantic period. We are close to waking up when we dream that we are dreaming.        

Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben: (full name: Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben; 29 April 1806 – 3 September 1849). Austrian physician, poet and philosopher. He was a member of the von Feuchtersleben family. Plans are the dreams of the sensible.        

Sully Prudhomme: Born: René François Armand Prudhomme. (Paris, 16 March 1839 – Châtenay-Malabry, 7 September 1907). French writer. He was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1901. His best-known poem is Le Vase brisé (1865), about an unhappy love. The birth of a right always means the death of a freedom.… Lees verder Sully Prudhomme

Johann Jakob Engel: (11 September 1741 – 28 June 1802). German author. To be calm, man does not have to think; he just has to dream.        

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent: (Oran (Algeria), 1 August 1936 – Paris, 1 June 2008). French fashion designer. Love, the most important thing in life. No, friendship is more important.      

François Désiré Pauwels: (Amsterdam, 25 October 1888 – Amstelveen, 8 January 1966). Dutch lawyer and writer. He began as a poet and later wrote novels based on his experience as a lawyer and prosecutor. He was a son of tenor Désiré Pauwels and dramatist Sophie van Biene. Solitude, you can only see it as a… Lees verder François Pauwels