A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
He who dispraises a thing, wants to buy it.
对一件事持否定态度的人想要买它。
To rule the mountains is to rule the river.
统治高山就等于统治河流。
There's not enough if there's not too much.
没有太多就不够。
He is the more obstinate for being advised.
他更固执，不听劝告。
Who sows thorns let him not walk bare-foot.
撒荆棘的，不要赤着脚走。
He that laughs on Friday may cry on Sunday.
星期五笑，星期天哭。
One must needs like what one cannot hinder.
一个人必须喜欢他不能阻碍的东西。
Who hears but one bell hears but one sound.
只听到一个铃声的人只听到一个声音。
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
今天的不幸已经够了。
A hungry dog is not afraid of a cudgelling.
饥饿的狗不怕挨打。
Every one should sweep before his own door.
每个人都应该打扫自己的门前。
A cake and a bad custom ought to be broken.
蛋糕和坏习惯应该打破。
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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。
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。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
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。
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。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。