Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Stephen Vincent Benét: (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 22 July 1898 – New York, 13 March 1943). American poet and writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1929 and 1944. Freedom is the bread and the morning and the rising sun.

Janet (Jean) Frame: (Dunedin, 28 August 1924 – there, 29 January 2004). New Zealand writer. Thoughts, dreams, poems: A place; where no one comes; and which no one ever entered; since the creation of the world.

Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna: (Fånö near Uppsala, 16 June 1583 – Stockholm, 28 August 1654). Swedish statesman. He was considered one of the most influential politicians in Europe by Cardinal de Richelieu. Love and friendship love each other like two brothers who have an inheritance to divide.

Milan Kundera: (Brno, Czech Republic, 1 April 1929 – Paris, France, 11 July 2023) Czech writer who moved to France in 1975. There he was also a lecturer in comparative literature at the University of Rennes. Dreaming is not only an act of communication; it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination,… Lees verder Milan Kundera

Theodorus Wilhelmus (Theo) Maassen: (Oegstgeest, 8 December 1966). Dutch cabaret artist, actor, presenter and director. His conferences are characterised by hard humour, high joke density and social criticism, with recurring themes: hypocrisy, commercialisation and conformism. I am for freedom of speech, but I am against personal security. Maybe then people will think just a little… Lees verder Theo Maassen

Joel Barker: Renowned futurist who popularized the concept of paradigm shifts in the corporate world. He has written books, created videos, and developed tools to help organizations and individuals explore the future and create vision. Vision without action is dreaming. Action without vision is pastime. Action with vision can change the world.

Cornelis Johannes Francken: Changed by name by Royal Decree on 30 November 1889 to Cornelis Johannes Wijnaendts Francken. Pseudonym: Johannes Admirator. (Rotterdam, 14 November 1863 – Leiden, 10 April 1944). Dutch philosopher and publicist. The most beautiful dreams, one dreams waking. Many women marry to become free. Many men because they are fed up with… Lees verder Cornelis Johannes Wijnaendts Francken

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat: Marquis de Condorcet. (Ribemont, 17 September 1743 – Bourg-la-Reine, 28 March 1794). French philosopher, mathematician and politician (and early political scientist) who developed the concept of the Condorcet method. In many facets ahead of his time as an 18th-century thinker, he advocated a liberal economy, free and equal public… Lees verder Nicolas de Condorcet

Diana Rose Morcilla: Occupational therapist in Astoria, New York. It’s true. The storms won’t last forever. The nasty weather will never last. There is always that light at the end of the tunnel.

Alexander den Heijer: Dutch spiritual writer and speaker. When a flower doesnt bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.