Andrew Newell Wyeth: (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 12 July 1917 – there, 16 January 2009). American realist painter. His best-known work is Christina’s World (1948). I prefer winter and fall when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the whole story… Lees verder Andrew Wyeth
Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Hamilton Wright Mabie: (December 13, 1846 – December 31, 1916). American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
Adam Duritz
Adam Frederic Duritz: (Baltimore, 1 August 1964). American musician and producer. He is a singer and co-founder of Counting Crows. A long December and there’s reason to believe, maybe this year will be better than the last.
Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi: Chinese poet during the Tang dynasty. (born in 772 A. D. in Xinzheng, Henan, died in 846 A. D. in Luoyang). His family name (xing or shi) was Bai, his given name (ming) Juyi and his address name (zi) according to Chinese custom was Letian. ‘Juyi’ means ‘he who dwells in the simple’.… Lees verder Bai Juyi
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren: (Barnstable, 25 September 1728 – Plymouth, 19 October 1814). American poet, playwright and pamphlet writer who was mainly active during the American Revolution. On the evening of December, General Washington in a most severe season, crossed the Delaware with a part of his army, then reduced to less than men in the… Lees verder Mercy Otis Warren
Malak El Halabi
Malak El Halabi: Lebanese writer and poet. Born 1 October 1992. I watched you storm towards the restaurant door. It was a chilly December morning and the birds sitting on the high wires in the neighborhood refused to fly any longer.
Karen Butler
Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens every day can end beautifully.
Matthew
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Julia Střelou
Be with someone who makes you smile even when they are not around.
Alan Dershowitz
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