A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
荷兰谚语
Dutch Proverbs
It's good steering with wind and tide.
它能很好地驾驭风浪。
Standing with the mouth full of teeth.
站着，满嘴牙齿。
An inch too short is as bad as an ell.
再短一英寸就糟透了。
A handful of trade, a handful of gold.
少量的交易，少量的黄金。
After great droughts come great rains.
大旱之后必有大雨。
A fool may chance to say a wise thing.
蠢人也有机会说出明智的话。
Talk of the wolf and his tail appears.
说到狼和它的尾巴。
From little things men go on to great.
人从小事到大事。
He measures others by his own standard.
他用自己的标准去衡量别人。
Every man's friend is every man's fool.
每个人的朋友都是每个人的傻瓜。
When two quarrel both are in the wrong.
两个人吵架都是错的。
It is hasty speed that doesn't succeed.
草率的速度是不会成功的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom, and yet live foolishly.
学智慧而行愚妄的事，是徒然的。
Before you make a friend eat a peck of salt with him.
在结交朋友之前，先要深入了解他。
A fool may meet with good fortune, but the wise only profits by it.
傻瓜可能会遇到好运，但聪明人只会从中获益。
It's vain to learn wisdom yet live foolishly.
学聪明而活得愚蠢是徒劳的。
Bear patiently that which thou sufferest by thine own fault.
要忍耐你因自己的过犯所受的苦。