A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
非洲谚语
African Proverbs
When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends up shaking himself.
当一个人试图摇一棵大树时，他最终摇到了自己身上。
If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you.
如果你想靠在一棵树上，首先要确保它能抓住你。
If you want people to understand you, you speak their language.
如果你想让人们理解你，你就说他们的语言。
As the wound inflames the finger, so thought inflames the mind.
伤口怎样灼伤手指，思想也怎样灼伤心灵。
No matter how wise you are, you cannot trace footsteps in water.
无论你有多聪明，你都不能在水中留下脚印。
When you wake up in the morning you see the other person's butt.
当你早上醒来时，你会看到别人的屁股。
The teeth that cannot move in unison cannot bit a piece of meat.
不能协调行动的牙齿咬不动一块肉。
For the fisherman, the fun is over when the fish are in the net.
对于渔夫来说，当鱼在网里的时候，乐趣就结束了。
You are invited to join the hunt when your nets are in evidence.
当你的网被发现的时候，你被邀请加入狩猎。
When problems visit a man it arrives with its own bed and table.
当问题拜访一个人时，它会带着它自己的床和桌子来。
Even if the elephant is thin he is still the lord of the jungle.
即使大象很瘦，他仍然是丛林之王。
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.
没有人真正了解一个国家，除非你进过它的监狱。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
He who is grown up should respect and love others.
一个成年人应该尊重和爱别人。
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。
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。