A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
He that has not bread to spare should not keep a dog.
没有多余的面包，就不该养狗。
One's son is clever while the neighbor is suspicious.
儿子聪明，邻居多疑。
It is easier to visit friends than to live with them.
拜访朋友比和他们住在一起容易。
Pouring water from above the roof of a tall building.
从高层建筑的屋顶上倒水。
To be human is easy, to be a human being is difficult.
做人容易，做人难。
Better to be a dog in peacetime that a man in wartime.
宁为平生狗，不为战时人。
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
深深的怀疑，深深的智慧;小怀疑，小智慧。
If you have money and wine, your friends will be many.
如果你有钱又有酒，你的朋友会很多。
Faults and virtues are but two sides of the same coin.
缺点和优点不过是一枚硬币的两面。
The most important thing in life is to be buried well.
生命中最重要的事情就是好好埋葬。
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
扬起你的帆一英尺，你就能得到十英尺的风。
Fragments of fox fur, sewn together, will make a robe.
把狐狸毛皮的碎片缝在一起，就可以做成一件长袍。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
如果你不能改变你的命运，那就改变你的态度。
Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.
狗之所以有这么多朋友，是因为它们摇尾巴，而不是摇舌头。
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。
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。
The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life.
一时的错误会成为一生的悲哀。