A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
A mischievous dog must be tied short.
淘气的狗必须拴得很短。
Better give a penny then lend twenty.
宁可给一便士,也不愿借二十便士。
No one should take in an eating pawn.
任何人都不应该接受一个吃东西的卒子。
Who has no money must have no wishes.
没有钱就没有愿望。
Better no law than laws not enforced.
没有法律总比法律不执行好。
Who does too much, often does little.
做得太多的人,往往做得很少。
Among men of honour a word is a bond.
君子一言为定。
Better give a penny than lend twenty.
宁可给一便士,也不愿借二十便士。
Go to the sea if you would fish well.
如果你想钓鱼,就去海边吧。
A little truth helps the lie go down.
一点点真相就能揭穿谎言。
He who has a bad name is half hanged.
有坏名声的人是半吊子。
Old saints don't get incense anymore.
老圣徒不再有香了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Live and learn.
活到老,学到老。
Patience is a flower that grows not in everyone's garden.
忍耐是朵花,并不是人人园中都开的花。
You can live without a brother but not without a friend.
你可以没有兄弟,但不能没有朋友。
Failures are but mileposts on the road to success.
失败只是通往成功之路的里程标。
Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own.
聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训,蠢人则从自己的错误中吸取教训。
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不计较不能得到的东西。