A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
法国谚语
French Proverbs
The early man never borrows from the late man.
早起的人从不向晚睡的人借东西。
Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing.
追求和追求带来的是磨磨蹭蹭。
Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat.
如果是狼，它会扑向你的喉咙。
There is no spite like that of a proud beggar.
没有比一个骄傲的乞丐更恶毒的了。
Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.
在杯子和嘴唇之间有许多滑倒的地方。
A good fox does not eat his neighbour's fowls.
好狐狸不吃邻居的家禽。
A covetous woman deserves a swindling gallant.
贪得无厌的女人配得上骗子的殷勤。
That day is lost on which one has not laughed.
没有笑过的日子是没有意义的。
The rich man has more relations than he knows.
那个富人的亲戚比他所知道的还要多。
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
爱情打发时间。时间使爱流逝。
He that stumbles and falls not, mends his pace.
跌倒而不跌倒的人，会加快步伐。
Every one takes his pleasure where he finds it.
人人都能找到自己的快乐。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
All his geese are swans.
他所有的鹅都是天鹅。
Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
不要让友谊的路上长出青草。
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
一大笔财富在蠢人手中是一种巨大的不幸。
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 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。