A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
He who pays his debts, betters his condition.
谁还了债，谁就能改善自己的处境。
One bad general is better than two good ones.
一个坏将军胜过两个好将军。
Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.
宁可失足，不可失言。
Who wives for a dower, resigns his own power.
娶妻作嫁妆，等于放弃自己的权力。
The days follow each other and are not alike.
日子一天天过去，并不相同。
An apothecary ought not to be long a cuckold.
药剂师不应该长期戴着绿帽子。
The communal donkey gets the heaviest burden.
公共的驴子负担最重。
A woman's heart dries quicker than her tears.
女人的心比眼泪干得快。
Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
为什么魔鬼拥有所有最好的曲调?
One must pass through the door or the window.
一个人必须穿过门或窗。
Eat bread at pleasure, drink wine by measure.
随意吃面包，适量喝葡萄酒。
He who looks not before finds himself behind.
不朝前看的人，会发现自己落后了。
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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 civil question deserves a civil answer.
一个文明的问题应该有一个文明的答案。
A brain is worth little without a tongue.
没有舌头，脑子就没有什么价值。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
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。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。