Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers: (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013). American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. In 1955, she won the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question. Her fame from the game show allowed her to go on to host various advice columns and television shows, which established… Lees verder Joyce Brothers

Juul Kinnaer: (Born: 01/01/1900, Died: ?) Flemish poet and aphorist. Self-willed: someone who does not share your opinion.

François Charles Mauriac: (Bordeaux, 11 October 1885 – Paris, 1 September 1970). French writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is widely considered one of the most important French novelists of the 20th century. Reading is the gateway to an enchanted world. No friendship crosses a life path without leaving a mark… Lees verder François Mauriac

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