A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
The more you stir it the worse it stinks.
你搅拌得越多，它就越臭。
To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.
命运向勇敢的人伸出手来。
The fool cuts himself with his own knife.
愚人用自己的刀割伤自己。
There is no worse water than still water.
没有比静水更糟糕的水了。
Princes will not be served on conditions.
王子们是不会有条件的。
The meaning is best known to the speaker.
这个意思对说话者来说是最熟悉的。
It is overdoing the thing to die of love.
为爱而死是过分的。
The less one thinks, the more one speaks.
想得越少，说得越多。
The nearer the minster the later to mass.
部长越近，弥撒就越晚。
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.
鞋匠总是穿最差的鞋子。
He falls on his back and breaks his nose.
他仰面朝天摔断了鼻子。
When one is dead, it is for a long while.
当一个人死了，那是很长一段时间。
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A woman's sword is her tongue, and she does not let it rust.
女人的剑是她的舌头，她不让它生锈。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。
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。
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
一大笔财富在蠢人手中是一种巨大的不幸。
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。