A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Beat your gong and sell your candles.
敲锣打鼓，卖蜡烛。
Silly toad: planning a meal of goose.
傻癞蛤蟆:计划吃一顿鹅肉。
Win your lawsuit and lose your money.
赢了官司，输了钱。
A man's discontent is his worst evil.
一个人的不满是他最大的罪恶。
Men fated to be happy need not haste.
命中注定幸福的人不必匆忙。
Present Buddha with borrowed flowers.
向佛陀献上借来的鲜花。
God and fairies can be wrong as well.
上帝和仙女也可能是错的。
He has too many lice to feel an itch.
他身上的虱子太多了，痒不起来。
The remedy for love is--land between.
爱情的良药是——脚踏实地。
A clever doctor never treats himself.
聪明的医生从不治疗自己。
Crisis brings opportunity and change.
危机带来机遇和改变。
"I heard" is good; "I saw" is better.
百闻不如一见。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.
与其到远方烧香，不如到近处行善。
Better to learn one thing well than to know ten superficially.
把一件事学好，胜过只懂十件事。
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
聪明人做自己的决定，无知者听从舆论。
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past.
不要切望那未到的事。不要徒劳地为已经过去的事后悔。
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
学习是一种财富，它将跟随主人到任何地方。