A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
If you want to improve your memory, lend someone money.
如果你想提高记忆力，借钱给别人。
It s the discontented fish that envies the solely bird.
只有不满的鱼才会嫉妒那只孤独的鸟。
He who tries to shake a tree stump shakes only himself.
想摇树桩的人只摇自己。
It's the big birds that teach the young ones to flight.
是大鸟教会了幼鸟飞翔。
The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.
一个国家的毁灭始于其人民的家园。
The hand that tied the lion knows best how to untie it.
绑狮子的手最知道如何解开它。
The fuel in the lamp consumes itself but lights others.
灯里的燃料消耗了自己，却照亮了别人。
You ask for the ancestors' help and then help yourself.
你请求祖先的帮助，然后帮助你自己。
The fall of a dead leaf is a warning to the green ones.
一片枯叶的掉落是对绿叶的警告。
The mouth does not forget what it tasted only one time.
嘴巴不会忘记它只尝过一次的味道。
A woman's stomach does not grow if she is not pregnant.
女人如果没有怀孕，她的胃就不会生长。
Those who give birth to nincompoop it's not their wish.
那些生下笨蛋的人这不是他们的愿望。
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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。
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。
It is unwise for one to think that a hen will ever be accorded respect in the land of the hawks.
认为一只母鸡在鹰的地盘上会受到尊重是不明智的。
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
我们从傻瓜开始，通过经验变得聪明。
With a little seed of imagination you can grow a field of hope.
只要一点想象力的种子，你就能种出一片希望的土地。
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。