Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that flourished in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. The Stoics believed that the practice of virtue is enough to achieve eudaimonia: a well-lived life. The Stoics identified the path to achieving it with a life spent practicing the four cardinal virtues in everyday life — prudence, fortitude, temperance,… Lees verder Stoic wisdom

Jacob Nordby: American writer. (born 1973, Santa Rosa, California, raised in Idaho and later in the Seattle area). Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, and troubadours for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.        

Syed Ahmad Shah Ali: Better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz. (Kohat, NWFP, British India (now Pakistan), 12 January 1931 – Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, 25 August 2008). Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general (later chairman) of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz.… Lees verder Ahmad Faraz

Adriaan van Dis: (Bergen (NH), 16 December 1946). Dutch novelist and essayist. In 2015, he received the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire oeuvre and the Libris Literature Prize for his autobiographical novel Ik kom terug. His also autobiographical novel Indische duinen was awarded the Golden Owl in 1995. The novel Naar zachtheid en een… Lees verder Adriaan van Dis

Haneen: hanoo_quote – instagram, no further details known. I hope you always have the courage to keep growing with every beat and breath no matter how many times the world breaks your heart.        

May every day bring you fresh bread, aged wine and eternal friendship.        

Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld: (‘s-Gravenhage, 4 October 1885 – Nijmegen, 20 February 1987). Dutch architect and graphic designer. He was married to the cellist Ellen Philippine Kohn and, in later years, to the actress Charlotte Köhler. His daughter was illustrator Ruscha Wijdeveld and his sons were Wolfgang Wijdeveld and Roland Matthijs Wijdeveld. Anything goes, except realising… Lees verder Hendrik Wijdeveld

Leopoldus Maximilianus Felix Timmermans: (Lier, 5 July 1886 – there, 24 January 1947). Flemish writer and poet. He was one of Flanders’ most translated and prolific authors. His best-known work is the novel Pallieter (1916). He also wrote under the pseudonym Polleke van Mher and occasionally as Stelijn Koldijs. Polleke van Mher was derived from… Lees verder Felix Timmermans

Hugo Leonard Siegfried Raes: (Antwerp, 26 May 1929 – there, 23 September 2013)[1][2] was a Flemish prose writer and poet. Happiness is to be given the freedom to keep looking for it.        

Dallas Lore Sharp: (1870–1929). American author and university professor, born in the Haleyville section of Commercial Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey. He graduated at Brown University in 1895, served as a Methodist Episcopal minister for four years, and graduated at the Boston University School of Theology in 1899. He married Grace Hastings and the… Lees verder Dallas Lore Sharp