A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
荷兰谚语
Dutch Proverbs
Better stretch your hand than your neck.
伸伸手总比伸伸脖子好。
It's bad combing where there is no hair.
没有头发的地方梳头不好。
To-day's sorrow brings nought to-morrow.
今天的悲伤不会带来明天。
To-day for money, to-morrow for nothing.
今天为了钱，明天什么也不要。
In time a mouse will gnaw threw a cable.
老鼠一咬就会扔出一根电缆。
The best cause requires a good champion.
最好的事业需要一个好的冠军。
The desire is the father of the thought.
欲望是思想之父。
The better the day, the better the deed.
日子越好，行为越好。
No better masters than poverty and want.
贫穷和匮乏是最好的主人。
Thrust not thy finger in a fool's mouth.
不要把你的手指伸进傻瓜的嘴里。
The farther from Rome the nearer to God.
离罗马越远，离上帝越近。
Don't yoke the plough before the horses.
不要把犁套在马前面。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Bear patiently that which thou sufferest by thine own fault.
要忍耐你因自己的过犯所受的苦。
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。
Learn who are your friends when you are in need.
当你需要的时候，了解谁是你的朋友。
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。