A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
He who goes everywhere gains everywhere.
走到哪里,收获就到哪里。
There is no hunting but with old hounds.
只有老猎犬才能狩猎。
White meal is not got out of a coal-sack.
白粉不是从煤袋子里捞出来的。
A big nose never spoiled a handsome face.
大鼻子不会毁了一张漂亮的脸。
A good repast ought to begin with hunger.
一顿美餐应该从饥饿开始。
An enemy may chance to give good counsel.
敌人可能会给你提供好的建议。
He wears the mourning of his washerwoman.
他穿着洗衣妇的丧服。
The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.
圣徒节结束,圣徒再会。
One is never so rich as when one removes.
搬家时最富有。
Nothing is more elegant than ready money.
没有什么比现金更高雅的了。
The same heat that melts wax, bakes clay.
同样的热量可以融化蜡,烘烤粘土。
One does not always hit what one aims at.
一个人并不总是能达到他的目标。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
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。
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。
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。