Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau: (Montreal, 18 October 1919 – there, 28 September 2000) . Canada’s 15th prime minister from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. With all its trappings, toil and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.      

Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis: Seigneur de Saint-Évremond. (1 April 1613 – 9 September 1703) French soldier, hedonist, essayist and literary critic. After 1661, he lived in exile, mainly in England, as a consequence of his attack on French policy at the time of the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659). There is nothing that contributes… Lees verder Charles de Saint-Evremont

Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche: (Provence, Switzerland 12 May 1915 – Taizé 16 August 2005). Better known as frère Roger (Brother Roger), was a theologian, resistance hero and the founder and first superior of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community that in 2005 had about 100 brothers and attracted around 200,000, mostly young people as visitors… Lees verder Broeder Roger van Taizé

Melchor de Santa Cruz de Dueñas: (Toledo, 1505 – 1585). Spanish writer and goldsmith. Writer, silversmith, goldsmith and merchant, he was born in Toledo and lived in this city between 1520 and 1576. He is known as the author of a very popular miscellaneous dedicated to John of Austria, the Spanish forest of apothegms and… Lees verder Melchor de Santa Cruz

Lucebert: Pseudonym of Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk. (Amsterdam, 15 September 1924 – Alkmaar, 10 May 1994). Dutch poet and painter. As a poet, he was considered the forerunner of the Vijftigers movement, a progressive group of poets who began experimenting with form and content after World War II. As a painter, he was closely involved in… Lees verder Lucebert

Emmanuel Jal: (born Jal Jok 1 January 1980). South Sudanese-Canadian artist, actor, author, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, War Child: A Child Soldier’s Story, was published in 2009. Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris: (born 3 July 1964). English-French author, best known for her 1999 novel Chocolat, which was adapted into a film of the same name. Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul. Now is the month of Germinal in the Republican calendar—the… Lees verder Joanne Harris

Jostein Gaarder: (Oslo, 8 August 1952) Norwegian (children’s book) writer. His best-known book is The World of Sophie, which describes the history of Western philosophy in a light-hearted way. The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

William C. Brown: (May 22, 1916 – February 3, 1999). American electrical engineer who helped to invent the crossed-field amplifier in the 1950s and also pioneered microwave power transmission in the 1960s. True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consist of treating others as you love to treated yourself.

Pierre Schoendoerffer: (5 May 1928 – 14 March 2012). French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician. He was president of the Académie des Beaux-Arts for 2001 and for 2007. Life is a massacre of dreams, a graveyard of dreams trampled… Lees verder Pierre Schoendoerffer