A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
A stick is a peacemaker.
棍棒是和事佬。
True jokes never please.
真正的笑话永远不会令人愉快。
Bad ware is never cheap.
坏东西不便宜。
As the wind so the sail.
风有多大,帆就有多大。
No names, no pack-drill.
没有名字,没有背包钻。
After rain fine weather.
雨后好天气。
All his geese are swans.
他所有的鹅都是天鹅。
At Rome do as Rome does.
入乡随俗。
Any water puts out fire.
水救不了火。
He was born with a caul.
他生来就有高卢人。
The belly robs the back.
肚子痛,背疼。
No feast like a miser's.
没有比守财奴的盛宴更丰盛的了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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?
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。
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。
God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.
上帝会眷顾我们,但大多数时候我们并不在家。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。