A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
阿拉伯谚语
Arabian Proverbs
Go and wake up your cook.
去叫醒你的厨师。
Toys without instruments,
玩具没有工具,
A lock on a ruined place.
一处废墟上的锁。
A rose issues from thorns.
玫瑰从刺中长出来。
More adhesive than a tick.
比蜱虫更黏人。
The blowing of the stable.
马厩的吹奏声。
A throw without a thrower.
没有投掷器的投掷。
Every man—and his own care.
每个人——和他自己的关心。
Example is better than law.
身教胜于法律。
His face cuts off all gain.
他的脸切断了一切利益。
All sunshine makes a desert.
阳光造就沙漠。
The lazy person has no legs.
懒惰的人没有腿。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
He is scabby-headed and quarrels about the comb.
他长了疥疮，经常为梳子争吵。
The remedy against (bad) times is to have patience with them.
对付(坏)时期的补救办法是对它们有耐心。
Patience is the key of joy; but haste is the key to sorrow.
耐心是快乐的关键;但匆忙是悲伤的关键。
A half-learned physician is a danger to life, and a half-learned mullah is a danger to faith.
半生不熟的医生对生命是一种危险，半生不熟的毛拉对信仰是一种危险。
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
有健康就有希望;有希望就有一切。
To have patience with a friend rather than lose him for ever.
对朋友要有耐心，不要永远失去他。