A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
He who marries a widow also marries her debts.
娶寡妇的,也是娶她的债。
Nothing is such a heavy burden as a secret is.
没有什么比秘密更沉重的负担了。
The miser and the pig are of no use till dead.
守财奴和猪,死后才有用。
Well-regulated charity begins with one's self.
规范的慈善始于自我。
If you do not have a head, you must have legs.
如果你没有头,你必须有腿。
For some of us happiness comes while we sleep.
对我们中的一些人来说,幸福是在睡觉的时候到来的。
I have so much to do...that I am going to bed.
我有很多事要做……我要去睡觉了。
He asks advice in vain who will not follow it.
谁不听劝告,谁就枉费心机。
There is no chapel so small but has its saint.
没有哪个小教堂不拥有它的圣人。
He that does not ask will never get a bargain.
不问价格的人永远得不到便宜。
He puts his sickle into another man's harvest.
他用镰刀收割别人的庄稼。
Life is like an onion, which one peels crying.
生活就像洋葱,你把它剥下来就会哭。
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。
Hope is the dream of a soul awake.
希望是灵魂清醒时的梦想。
A thorn comes into the world point foremost.
一根刺插进世界的尖端最重要。