A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
At the king's court every one for himself.
在王宫里，每个人都为自己而战。
Take away my good name, take away my life.
夺去我的名誉，夺去我的生命。
A Sunday's child never dies of the plague.
星期天的孩子不会死于瘟疫。
No man is a hero in the eyes of his valet.
在男仆眼里，没有人是英雄。
There is no flavour in a swallowed morsel.
一口吞下去没有味道。
Little by little the bird builds its nest.
小鸟一点一点地筑巢。
I know on which side my bread is buttered.
我知道自己的利益所在。
Self -- love is the worst of all flattery.
自爱是所有奉承中最糟糕的。
The bud becomes a rose and the rose a hip.
花蕾变成玫瑰，玫瑰变成臀部。
Small profits are good if they come often.
小额利润是好的，如果他们经常来。
Desperate ills require desperate remedies.
绝症需要绝症治疗。
Many a one suffers for what he can't help.
许多人因无能为力而受苦。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.
森林里狼群互相残杀的艰难时刻。
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。
He that refuseth praise the first time does it because he would have it the second.
第一次不赞美人的，是因为他想要第二次赞美。
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。