A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
Bad officials are elected by poor citizens who do not vote.
坏官员是由不投票的穷人选出来的。
A restless grasshopper eventually ends up in a birds teeth.
不安分的蚱蜢最终会进入鸟类的牙齿。
Where you won't feast from, you sense it sooner than later.
在你不会享受的地方，你迟早会感觉到它。
Only a goat that is tired of life invites a lion to dinner.
只有山羊厌倦了生活才会邀请狮子来吃饭。
What is sweet in a fools mouth will surely finish is money.
在愚昧人的口中，甜的食物终久为金钱。
You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
你不会把森林的路教给一只大猩猩。
The strength of the elderly is in the ears and on the lips.
老年人的力量在耳朵和嘴唇上。
The same teeth that a dog uses to play it uses to bite too.
狗用来玩耍的牙齿也用来咬人。
Take what you need and leave our land the way you found it.
拿走你需要的东西，离开我们的土地。
The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
智者创造谚语，愚者学而不学。
The length of the rope determines the movement of the goat.
绳子的长度决定了山羊的运动。
A bush that doesn't rotate baskets must not grow mushrooms.
不旋转篮子的灌木不能长蘑菇。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Why take away something by force which you can obtain by love.
为什么要用武力拿走你可以用爱得到的东西呢?
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。
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。
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。
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。