Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Herman Melville: (New York, 1 August 1819 – there, 28 September 1891). American writer of novels, novellas, and poems. His best-known works are the novels Typee (1846) and Moby-Dick (1851) and the novellas Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853) and Benito Cereno (1855). In his time, South Sea adventures were a popular literary genre in the United… Lees verder Herman Melville

Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt: (22 April 1819 – 19 April 1892). German author. The value of true friendship, which is so rare, can only be appreciated in old age. Young people have no idea.        

Friedrich Sieburg: (1893–1964). German journalist. He was born in Altena and died in Gärtringen. The full enjoyment of freedom includes its abuse.          

Neil deGrasse Tyson: (New York, 5 October 1958) American astrophysicist and science communicator. His research interests include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies and the structure of the Milky Way. He does this using information from the Hubble Space Telescope and telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona and in the Chilean Andes. Dreams about the… Lees verder Neil deGrasse Tyson

Marcel Exel: Born ( 02-03-1965 ) and raised in Emmen. Magnetiser, massages, spiritual healer. If the train is not running, it cannot be late either.      

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon: (Liege, 12 or 13 February[4] 1903 – Lausanne, 4 September 1989). French-speaking Belgian writer. Simenon became best known to the general public as the author of 75 detective novels and 28 novellas about Maigret. He also wrote another 136 psychological novels and hundreds of other stories and novellas. He also initially… Lees verder Georges Simenon

Otto Weiss: Czech-Jewish writer and poet 1898-1944.   Thinking is so extraordinarily difficult that many prefer to judge. Fantasy is a gift from the gods, but so is lack of imagination. Without this lack, humanity would have long since lost the courage to live for.        

Why I love October Why do I love October? There is crimson and golden nuts in the forest, There is fruit in orchard and in hills; ‘This is the banquet hall of seasons’, When their purple wine is spilled; Enjoying splashes of colour, Where the richness of the year is worked. And so I love… Lees verder Mamie

Antoine François Prévost d’Exiles: ( 1 April 1697 – 25 November 1763). Usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French priest, author, and novelist. Friendship between two people of a different sex is almost always based on love.    

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve: (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 23 December 1804 – Paris, 13 October 1869). French writer who achieved fame mainly as a literary critic. Sainte-Beuve remained best known as one of the most important literary critics of the nineteenth century, and indeed the entire history of French literature. Poetry does not consist in saying everything, but letting… Lees verder Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve