A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
He forgot nothing except to say farewell.
除了道别，他什么也没忘了。
Never cross a bridge till you come to it.
船到桥头自然直。
Those who envy die, but envy stays alive.
嫉妒的人会死，但嫉妒却常存。
The higher the rise the greater the fall.
升得越高，跌得越重。
Better die a beggar than live as a miser.
与其做守财奴，不如做乞丐而死。
The tongue goes to where the tooth aches.
舌头到牙齿疼的地方去了。
Everything goes by favour and cousinship.
事事顺心，表兄妹。
I know by my own pot how the others boil.
我从自己的锅里知道别人是怎么熬的。
A brain is worth little without a tongue.
没有舌头，脑子就没有什么价值。
He who gets out of debt enriches himself.
摆脱债务的人使自己富裕。
What the eye sees not the heart rues not.
眼不见，心不烦。
There's no showing the wolf to a bad dog.
不能把狼指给坏狗看。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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 churl knows not the work of spurs.
蠢货不知马刺的厉害。
A clear conscience is a good pillow.
问心无愧是一个好枕头。
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。