Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Oleg Konstantinovich Popov: (Vyroebovo, 31 July 1930 – Rostov-on-Don, 2 November 2016). World-famous Russian clown. Life is like a forest, straight ahead can never be done.

Paul Williams: (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) American baritone singer. He was noted for being one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations. Along with Elbridge “Al” Bryant, Otis Williams, and fellow Alabamians Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin, Williams was a member of the Temptations.… Lees verder Paul Williams

Emmy Rose: American singer, songwriter and Christian pastor. Born: 27 August … In the landscape of my life You don’t rush through any season. You always take Your time. A careful hand. A gentle guide. You take what’s dead away and You prune what’s running wild.

Munia Khan: Born on March 15, 1981. She is from Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is an acclaimed poet, writer, teacher, and editor of several books and anthologies. Her work has been translated internationally, including into Japanese, Romanian, French, Urdu, Italian, Dutch, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Irish. Do not feel sad for your tears, as rocks… Lees verder Munia Khan

Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach: (Landshut, 28 July 1804 – Rechenberg-Nuremberg, 13 September 1872). German philosopher. His father was the well-known jurist Paul von Feuerbach. A dogma is nothing more than an explicit prohibition to think. Where there is no love there is no truth. No one judges more harshly than the uneducated. He knows neither reasons… Lees verder Ludwig Feuerbach

On the 20th of August, thousands of people fly kites.

Matthias Claudius: (pseudonym Asmus, Reinfeld (Holstein), 15 August 1740 – Hamburg, 21 January 1815) German poet and journalist, known as a lyric poet with folksy, highly sensitive verse. The truth does not conform to us, but we must conform to it. Don’t say everything you know, but always know what you say. The greatest honor… Lees verder Matthias Claudius

Blaise Pascal: (Clermont-Ferrand, 19 June 1623-Paris, 19 August 1662). French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, Catholic theologian and apologist. I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter Contradiction is not a mark of falsity, nor is incontradiction a mark of truth.    

Victor Klemperer: (Landsberg an der Warthe, 9 October 1881 – Dresden, 11 February 1960). German-Jewish philologist and author of LTI – Notizbuch eines Philologen and his diaries, in which he meticulously documented his Ausgrenzung, his exclusion from German society. Those who think do not want to be persuaded, but convinced; those who think systematically are… Lees verder Victor Klemperer

Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky: ( Zavrazhye, Ivanovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, 4 April 1932 – Paris, France, 29 December 1986) Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He has been widely considered one of the best directors in cinema history. His films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes and are known for their slow pacing… Lees verder Andrei Tarkovsky