A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

  • -- Buckminster Fuller 富勒

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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

我并不是说一句谚语在恰当而合理地运用时是错误的,而是说,无论对错、打错打错,如果总是把它说出来,谈话就会变得索然无味、庸俗不堪。

If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened – even if you’d already lost each other forever – you owed each other the truth.

如果你爱一个人,你不能让谎言挡在你们之间。不管发生了什么——即使你们已经永远失去了对方——你们都欠对方真相。

A pointed proverb is like a diamond: it emits light, and it also cuts.

一句尖锐的谚语就像一颗钻石:它能发光,也能伤人。

Never insult your girl no matter how mad you are.

永远不要侮辱你的女孩,不管你有多生气。