A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
The fruits of a tree on the roadside are never eaten ripe.
路边树上的果子永远不会熟。
No matter how hungry the vulture, it will never eat grass.
无论秃鹰多么饥饿，它都不会吃草。
Send a boy where he wants to go and you see his best pace.
送一个男孩去他想去的地方，你会看到他最好的速度。
A person's character is like pregnancy it cannot be hidden.
一个人的性格就像怀孕一样是无法隐藏的。
A man is obliged to beat his own chest when he has no drum.
当一个人没有鼓的时候，他不得不捶胸顿足。
If you do not step on the dog's tail, he will not bite you.
如果你不踩狗的尾巴，它就不会咬你。
It is Mr. Old-Man-Monkey who marries Mrs. Old-Woman-Monkey.
是老猴子先生娶了老猴子太太。
He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune.
烧房子的人知道灰烬为什么要花大钱。
In the absence of water lizards can claim to be crocodiles.
在没有水的情况下，蜥蜴可以自称是鳄鱼。
You've seen many Komo, but you haven't seen the wild beast.
你见过很多科莫，但你没见过野兽。
Only what you have eaten is yours; other things may not be.
只有你吃的是你的;其他事情可能就不一样了。
The one who is not wrestling says throw him down and we go.
不摔跤的那个说把他扔下去，我们走。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Being blind doesn't mean one cannot dream or imagine.
失明并不意味着一个人不能梦想或想象。
To remove a fly from a friend's forehead never use a hatchet.
要把朋友额头上的苍蝇除去，千万别用斧头。
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
我们从傻瓜开始，通过经验变得聪明。
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。
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。
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。