A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
谨慎
Caution
Beware beginnings.
当心开始。
Caution is the downfall to ambition.
谨慎是野心的堕落。
Being careful is not being a coward.
小心不是懦夫。
Don't be sweet lest people lick you.
不要甜言蜜语,以免别人打你。
Tread on the ball, live to spend all.
脚踏实地,活到老,学到老。
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
谨慎是智慧的长子。
Wait 'til your ass crosses the bridge.
等你的屁股过了桥。
Never rub your eye but with your elbow.
除了用胳膊肘擦眼睛外,千万别擦。
Be slow to promise but quick to perform.
许诺要慢,行动要快。
Throw caution to the wind and just do it.
把谨慎抛到九霄云外,只管去做。
Barefooted folk shouldna tread on thorns.
光着脚的人应该踩在荆棘上。
Let aye the bell'd wether break the snaw.
让我的钟断了鼻梁。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
没有伟大的艺术家能看到事物的本来面目。如果他这样做了,他就不再是艺术家了。
Out of desperation he calls the cat 'madam'.
他绝望地叫那只猫“夫人”。
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.
凡事不凭运气的人,必少作坏事,但他必少作事。
Don't be a tiger's head with a snake's tail.
不要做虎头蛇尾的人。
Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.
正如我给许多人的建议一样,要谨慎行事。