A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
He who gives to the poor loans to God.
就是那借给穷人钱给神的。
Like box-makers, more noise than work.
就像盒子制造者一样，噪音大于工作。
A house ready made and a wife to make.
房子准备好了，妻子也准备好了。
Nothing is so burthensome as a secret.
没有什么比秘密更沉重的了。
Talk of the wolf and you see his tail.
说到狼，你就会看到它的尾巴。
Life is an onion that you peel crying.
生活是你剥下的洋葱，你在哭泣。
Do you want better bread than wheaten?
你想要比小麦更好的面包吗?
It's difficult to chain up an old dog.
把一条老狗拴起来很难。
The busiest men have the most leisure.
最忙的人最空闲。
Why kill time when one can employ it?.
既然可以利用时间，为什么还要浪费时间呢?
The cask always smells of the herring.
桶里总是有鲱鱼的味道。
Beauty and folly are often companions.
美貌常与愚蠢相伴。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
He who is judge between two friends, loses one of them.
在两个朋友之间评断是非的人，会失去其中一个朋友。
At the king's court every one for himself.
在王宫里，每个人都为自己而战。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
A man who has but one eye must take good care of it.
只有一只眼睛的人必须好好照料它。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。