A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Nature is better than a middling doctor.
自然胜于庸医。
Reticence builds a fortress in the mind.
沉默在心中筑起一座堡垒。
A fu' sack will tak a clout o' the side.
装在口袋里的东西会把边上的东西磨掉。
Only your shadow knows your true height.
只有你的影子知道你真正的高度。
Count not what is lost but what is left.
不要计算失去了什么，而要计算剩下了什么。
To go beyond is as bad as to fall short.
超越和不达标一样糟糕。
If heaven drops a date, open your mouth.
如果天上掉下来一个日期，张开你的嘴。
No banquet in the world that never ends.
世界上没有不散的宴席。
A flying moth throws itself into a fire.
飞蛾扑火。
Fortune and flowers do not last forever.
财富和鲜花不会永远盛开。
Don't hang your conscience on your back.
不要把你的良心放在背后。
If there is a wave there must be a wind.
有浪必有风。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
不要用斧头把朋友额头上的苍蝇砍下来。
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
如果你能在愤怒的时刻保持耐心，你就能逃避一百天的悲伤。
When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.
当你说一件事时，聪明人能听懂三件事。
One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.
一个人在选择快乐的时候应该像避免灾难一样谨慎。