A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
Love does wonders, but money makes marriages.
爱情创造奇迹，金钱创造婚姻。
Always say no, and you will never be married.
永远说不，你就永远不会结婚。
In the fiddler's house every one is a dancer.
在小提琴家，每个人都是舞者。
On a fool's beard the barber learns to shave.
在傻瓜的胡子上理发师学习刮胡子。
One cannot please everybody and one's father.
一个人不可能取悦所有人和他的父亲。
Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.
说话前把舌头转动七次。
A dead man has neither relations nor friends.
死人既没有亲戚也没有朋友。
A mansion pulled down is half built up again.
拆毁的大厦，再建一半。
Let not your shirt know your way of thinking.
不要让你的衬衫知道你的想法。
Naught must disturb a man of worth at dinner.
吃饭时千万不要打扰有价值的人。
Cherries are bitter to the glutted blackbird.
樱桃对贪吃的画眉来说是苦的。
Good advice is as good as an eye in the hand.
好的建议就像手中的一只眼睛一样好。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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 cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it.
直到失去了尾巴，牛才知道它的尾巴有什么价值。
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。
A churl knows not the work of spurs.
蠢货不知马刺的厉害。
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。