Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Oliver Herford: (2 December 1860 – 5 July 1935). Anglo-American writer, artist, and illustrator known for his pithy bon mots and skewed sense of humor. He was born in Sheffield, England on 2 December 1860 to Rev. Brooke Herford and Hannah Hankinson Herford. Oliver’s father, a Unitarian minister, moved the family to Chicago in 1876… Lees verder Oliver Herford

Robert Buchanan: (1813–1866). Scottish socialist writer and lecturer, and journalist. I wander forth this chill December dawn: John Frost and all his elves are out, I see, as busy as the elfin world can be, clothing a world asleep with fleecy lawn.

Power should make you sad and tired. Anyone who seems to like power is suspect.

Sometimes you wonder, someday you will understand.

A banker is still on provisional release.

Man is a slave to all his movements, chained in iron chains by the opinions and ways of the others that make up society.

I started to be free when I discovered that the cage was made of thoughts.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans: (Hamme, 9 October 1957). Belgian writer and columnist. A frequent writer, he usually publishes two books a year. In 2022, his oeuvre included 85 books. Freedom is choosing a prison. Dreams still suck twice as much as all the pessimists combined claim. Friendship is making others feel that they are virtuous.

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues: (6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747),. French writer and moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from… Lees verder Vauvenargues