A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.
宁为鸡前走，不为牛后走。
One must step back to make the better leap.
一个人必须后退一步才能更好地跳跃。
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
弯曲的棍子会留下弯曲的影子。
That which proves too much, proves nothing.
证明得太多，证明不了什么。
One blind man leads another into the ditch.
一个盲人领着另一个盲人下水沟。
Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
远道而来的旅行者可以毫无顾忌地撒谎。
What the gauntlet wins the gorget consumes.
铁腕武士赢得的东西，被铁腕武士吃掉。
What is worth receiving is worth returning.
值得接受的就值得回报。
A man is no happier than he thinks himself.
一个人并不比他认为自己更幸福。
A good bottle of wine does not need a cork.
一瓶好酒不需要软木塞。
He gives nothing who does not give himself.
不付出自己，就不会付出任何东西。
To scare a bird is not the way to catch it.
吓唬一只鸟不是捉住它的办法。
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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 gaunt brute bites sore.
一只瘦骨嶙峋的野兽咬得很痛。
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。
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。