A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
中国谚语
Chinese Proverbs
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
对待别人的错误要像对待自己的错误一样温柔。
If you have nothing else to offer me, offer me your smile.
如果你没有什么可以给我，请给我你的微笑。
Win a cat and lose a cow -- the consequence of litigation.
赢得一只猫，失去一头牛——诉讼的结果。
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
大财靠运气，小财靠勤奋。
People die voluntarily when it becomes impossible to live.
当人们无法生存时，他们就会自动死去。
Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes.
每一种木材在化为灰烬时都是灰色的。
A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
风前的芦苇常存，橡树倒有高大的枝子。
Think before you speak but do not speak all that you think.
三思而后言，但不要把你所想的全部说出来。
Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
美丽是女人的智慧。智慧是人的美。
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.
如果你的敌人欺负你，给他的每个孩子买一个鼓。
Wheat stalks heavy with grain learn how to bow their heads.
麦秆上堆满了谷物，学习如何低头。
Do not insult the crocodile until you've crossed the river.
过了河再侮辱鳄鱼。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
对自己不满意的人会成长;不确定自己是否正确的人会学到很多东西。
To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain after a long drought.
在一个遥远的国家遇见一位老朋友，就像久旱逢甘霖一样。
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。
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。
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。