A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
If you have patience you can take out the holes of an anthill.
如果你有耐心，你可以挖出蚁丘的洞。
Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.
对兄弟的愤怒是在肉体上的，而不是在骨头上。
If you can walk, you can dance; If you can talk, you can sing.
如果你能走路，你就能跳舞;如果你会说话，你就会唱歌。
You can't tell the colour of somebody's cloth from his shadow.
你不能从一个人的影子看出他衣服的颜色。
Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.
不要嘲笑倒下的人;你可能会发现前面的路很滑。
He that dines with the gods must do so with a very long spoon.
和神一起吃饭的人必须用很长的勺子。
Shame to the house where the hen crows and the cock is silent.
这是一家的耻辱，在那里母鸡啼叫，公鸡不叫。
A man who does no hard work will never know the value of rest.
不努力工作的人永远不知道休息的价值。
To love a king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better.
爱一个国王并不坏，但爱你的国王会更好。
A tree that refuses to dance will be made to do so by the wind.
拒绝跳舞的树会被风吹得跳舞。
Anyone who has sold an old lady, knows the price of an old man.
卖过老妇人的人，都知道老人的价值。
A satisfied man doesn't understand the feeling of a hungry man.
一个心满意足的人不理解一个饥饿的人的感受。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。