A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
拉丁谚语
Latin Proverbs
We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
我们年老时为青春的挥霍付出代价。
Friendship lasts as long as the pot boils.
友谊地久天长。
Instead of a fish he gives you a scorpion.
他给你的不是鱼，而是一只蝎子。
Prudence is the charioteer of all virtues.
谨慎是一切美德的车夫。
He tells me my way, and knows not his own.
他给我指路，却不认识他自己的路。
Man's life is a sojourn in a strange land.
人的一生是在异乡的寄居。
Alas. I suffer from self-inflicted wounds.
唉。我饱受自残之苦。
Never descend to vulgarity even in joking.
即使在开玩笑时也不要堕落到粗俗的地步。
Alas! I suffer from self-inflicted wounds!
唉!我受了自找的伤!
Conversation ministers to a mind diseased.
谈话使人精神失常。
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
扬帆出海;在陆地上定居。
Promises must not fill the place of gifts.
承诺不能代替礼物。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty, In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.
顺境时朋友多，逆境时朋友少。
In forming new friendships, forget not old friends.
在结交新朋友时，不要忘记老朋友。
It is best to learn wisdom from the follies of others.
从别人的愚行中学到聪明是最好的。
It is best to learn wisdom by the experience of others.
从别人的经验中学习智慧是最好的。
Kings learn wisdom from associating with wise men.
国王从与智者交往中学到智慧。
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
聪明人创造的机会比他发现的要多。