A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
There is no silver here: three hundred taels.
这里没有银子，只有三百两银子。
A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
谣言一耳进多口出。
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
不要为了吓跑老鼠而烧掉你的房子。
The door to virtue is heavy and hard to open.
美德之门是沉重的，很难打开。
Easy to run downhill, much puffing to run up.
下坡容易跑，上坡气喘吁吁。
That which is quickly aquired is easily lost.
欲速则不达。
A mouse-catching dog steps on the cats' paws.
一只抓老鼠的狗踩在猫的爪子上。
A long march starts from the very first step.
长征从第一步开始。
Be first in the field, the last to the couch.
先到田里，后到沙发上。
Road is made by people walking on the ground.
路是由在地上行走的人走出来的。
You want no one to know it? Then don't do it.
你不想让别人知道吗?那就别这么做。
Govern yourself and you can govern the world.
管好你自己，你就能管好这个世界。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter.
在大喜乐之中，不要应许给人什么;在盛怒之中，不要给人回信。
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine nor a garden without love.
没有阳光，花朵不能开放;没有爱，花园也不能美丽。
You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour.
你很难在一年内交到朋友，但是你可以在一小时内轻易地得罪一个朋友。
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
只要有一刹那的耐心，就能避免巨大的灾难。一时的不耐烦可能毁了一生。
Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
吃素菜，彼此相爱，强如吃肥牛，彼此相恨。
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。