Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Alan Morton Dershowitz: (born September 1, 1938). American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator,… Lees verder Alan Dershowitz

Toni Morrison: (Lorain (Ohio)18 February 1931 – New York, 5 August 2019). American writer. In 1993, she received the Nobel Prize in Literature for her oeuvre. In 2012, she received America’s highest civilian award: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Several of her books are considered classics of American literature, including The Bluest Eye, Beloved (for… Lees verder Toni Morrison

Joseph Aaron Coelho: British poet and children’s book author who was Children’s Laureate from 2022 to 2024. In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2024, he was announced the winner of the Carnegie Medal for his YA novel The Boy Lost in the Maze. December is a bewitching… Lees verder Joseph Coelho

Roman Payne: Born Seattle, Washington, USA, immigrated to France in 1999. English-language novelist, author of six books. He lives in Paris. It is growing cold. Winter is putting footsteps in the meadow. What whiteness boasts that sun that comes into this wood! One would say milk-colored maidens are dancing on the petals of orchids. How… Lees verder Roman Payne

Bill Istvan Gunther Skarsgård: (Vällingby (Stockholm), 9 August 1990). Swedish actor. He played Pennywise in the horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), based on the novel by Stephen King. He also starred in the supernatural horror series Hemlock Grove (2013-2015) and the horror series Castle Rock (2018-2019). I think December has always… Lees verder Bill Skarsgård

Winthrop Mackworth Praed: (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839). Typically written as W. Mackworth Praed, English politician and poet. I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July.

William Bartram: (Kingsessing, Pennsylvania (now Philadelphia), 20 April 1739 – Philadelphia, United States, 22 July 1823). American naturalist. He was the son of John Bartram, the founder of Bartram’s Garden. Together with his father, he made long journeys across North America to collect plants that they then grew further in their botanical garden. His official… Lees verder William Bartram

O cruel cloudless space, and pale bare ground where the poor infant lies. Why do we feel restored as in a sacramental place? Here mystery is artifice, and here a vision of such peace is stored, healing flows from it through our eyes.

Phillip John Donahue: (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024). American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on… Lees verder Phil Donahue

Edgar Fawcett: (May 26, 1847 – May 2, 1904). American novelist and poet. January is here with eyes that keenly glow, a frost-mailed warrior striding a shadowy steed of snow. And last December drear, with piteous low-drooped head. In a voice of desolation crying out, the year is dead. And so, with changeful gear, with… Lees verder Edgar Fawcett