A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
Africa is a cold land where the sun is warm.
非洲是一片阳光温暖的寒冷的土地。
One often has need of a lesser than oneself.
一个人常常需要比自己更渺小的东西。
There's no guarding against the privy thief.
没有人能防范私贼。
Put the belfry in the middle of the village.
把钟楼放在村子中央。
Never trust a woman who mentions her virtue.
永远不要相信一个提到自己美德的女人。
Tis sweet at certain times to drop the sage.
在某些时候放下圣贤是甜蜜的。
Seekers of art; finders of the beggar's bag.
人的艺术;乞丐袋子的发现者。
He who is hopeless is capable of everything.
绝望的人无所不能。
It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning.
没什么,只是一个女人溺水了。
To be loved is the best way of being useful.
被爱是有用的最好方式。
One always knocks oneself in the sore place.
人总是自找苦吃。
The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
最大的狡猾是什么也没有。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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 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 may bear till his back breaks.
一个人可以忍受到腰酸背痛。
A fence between makes love more keen.
两个人之间的隔阂使爱情更加强烈。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。