A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
谚语
Proverb
No Proverb is untrue.
没有一句谚语是不真实的。
The wit of one man, the wisdom of many.
一人的智慧，众人的智慧。
A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
谚语言简意赅。
A person can understand things deeply through Proverbs.
一个人可以通过谚语深刻地理解事物。
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。
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
我相信没有谚语不讲真话;它们都是如此多的句子和格言，来自经验，宇宙之母的科学。
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.
直到你的朋友或亲戚把这句谚语应用到你自己的生活中，或者直到你看到他把这句谚语应用到他自己的生活中，它都没有力量左右你。
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。