A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
It's too late to fatten a cow on the market day.
在集市上养牛太晚了。
You cannot hear a baby cry in the mother's womb.
你不能听到婴儿在母亲的子宫里啼哭。
The insect that eats the leaf is under the leaf.
吃叶子的昆虫在叶子下面。
Not everything that glitters is gold or diamond.
并不是所有发光的东西都是金子或钻石。
No problem is settled until it is settled right.
问题没有解决好就没有解决好。
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.
问问题的人无法回避答案。
A rat never goes near a cat's celebration venue.
老鼠从不接近猫的庆祝场所。
An only palm-fruit doesn't get lost in the fire.
只有棕榈果才不会在火灾中丢失。
By coming and going, a bird constructs its nest.
通过来来回回，一只鸟筑起了它的巢。
The laughter of a child is the light of a house.
孩子的笑声是一座房子的灯光。
Defeat is not failure but trail is total failure.
失败不是失败，而是彻底的失败。
The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.
破坏科拉果的蚂蚁住在里面。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The two hardest things in life to handle are success and failure.
人生最难处理的两件事是成功和失败。
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。
You may choose your friends but not your neighbours.
你可以选择朋友，但不能选择邻居。
Search for a friend with no faults and you will remain with no friends.
寻找一个没有缺点的朋友，你将永远没有朋友。
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
我们从傻瓜开始，通过经验变得聪明。
If you think education is expensive try ignorance.
如果你觉得教育的代价太高，就试试无知的代价。