A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed.
用力擤鼻子会使鼻子流血。
The city that negotiates is half conquered.
谈判的城市是成功的一半。
There is no lock on the purse of a gambler.
赌徒的钱包上没有锁。
When there is no wind every man is a pilot.
没有风的时候，每个人都是领航员。
He sleeps securely who has nothing to lose.
一无所有的人睡得安稳。
You can sell the devil if he is well cooked.
如果魔鬼煮熟了，你可以把他卖掉。
Everything goes to him who does not want it.
一切都归不想要的人所有。
Don't slaughter more pigs than you can salt.
不要宰太多的猪。
Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be.
真正成为你想成为的人。
Don't imitate the fly before you have wings.
在你有翅膀之前，不要模仿苍蝇。
Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance.
青年靠希望活着，老年靠回忆活着。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
爱情是婚姻的黎明，婚姻是爱情的黄昏。
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。
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。
Why kill time when one can employ it?
既然可以利用时间，为什么还要浪费时间呢?
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。