A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
The money paid, the workman's arm is broken.
钱付了，工人的胳膊断了。
Love does wonders, but money makes marriage.
爱情创造奇迹，金钱创造婚姻。
That is done soon enough which is well done.
做得好，做得快。
The chicken sings what the cock teaches him.
公鸡教小鸡什么，小鸡就唱什么。
In calm water every ship has a good captain.
风平浪静时，每艘船都有一个好船长。
A lame man won't walk with one who is lamer.
瘸子不会和更笨的人一起走。
Unstringing the bow does not cure the wound.
解开弓弦并不能治愈伤口。
A good swimmer is not safe against drowning.
一个好的游泳者溺水是不安全的。
Communities begin by building their kitchen.
社区从建造他们的厨房开始。
A good name is better than a girdle of gold.
名誉强如金腰带。
He that is ashamed to eat is ashamed to live.
耻于食者耻于生。
Rich people never know who their friends are.
富人从来不知道他们的朋友是谁。
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Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
A brain is worth little without a tongue.
没有舌头，脑子就没有什么价值。
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。
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。