A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
Great scholars are not the shrewdest men.
伟大的学者并非最精明的人。
Fine and fine make but a slender doublet.
精细和精细只是一个细长的紧身上衣。
The worst jests are those which are true.
最糟糕的笑话是那些真实的笑话。
It is easier to abstain than to restrain.
克制比克制容易。
We must learn from life how to suffer it.
我们必须从生活中学会如何忍受它。
The wolf knows what the ill beats thinks.
狼知道坏人在想什么。
He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
有女儿的人永远是牧羊人。
A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.
稻草领主吞噬钢铁的仆从。
A girl unemployed is thinking of mischief.
一个失业的女孩在想恶作剧。
Be a horse ever so well shod, he may slip.
马穿鞋再好，也会滑倒。
A coward's fear may make a coward valiant.
懦夫的恐惧可以使懦夫变得勇敢。
An easy shepherd makes the wolf void wool.
好牧人使狼无毛。
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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。
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。
To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour.)
洗驴头只不过是浪费时间和肥皂。(责备愚人是徒劳的。)
Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。