A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
A guard dog cannot watch two homes at once.
看门狗不能同时看守两个家。
The wrongdoer forgets, but not the wronged.
行恶的忘记，被恶的却不忘记。
When an old man dies, a library burns down.
当一位老人去世时，图书馆就会被烧毁。
What you do with injustice often backfires.
你对待不公的方式往往适得其反。
What will kill a dog first blocks its nose.
什么东西会先堵住狗的鼻子。
Where the rooster crows there is a village.
鸡叫的地方有一个村庄。
Evil prospers because good men fail to act.
恶因好人不作为而兴盛。
A woman's strength is a multitude of words.
女人的力量在于言之有物。
If one didn't laugh, one would have to cry.
如果一个人不笑，他就会哭。
Only the owner can free his home from mice.
只有主人才能使他的房子免受老鼠的侵害。
A good beginning is a halfway a battle won.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
A hen's curses have never killed the eagle.
母鸡的诅咒杀不了老鹰。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If there is something one really wants to achieve, one is willing to go an extra mile and overcome the difficulties to achieve it.
如果一个人真的想要实现某件事，他愿意多走一英里，克服困难去实现它。
He who is grown up should respect and love others.
一个成年人应该尊重和爱别人。
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
你帮助孩子去爱什么可能比你帮助他去学习什么更重要。
Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success.
那些尊重老人的人会为自己的成功铺平道路。