A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
The world is for him who has patience.
世界是属于有耐心的人的。
He who risks nothing can gain nothing.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
To know everything is to know nothing.
无所不知就是无所不知。
One daughter helps to marry the other.
一个女儿帮助另一个女儿结婚。
When the devil is old he turns hermit.
魔鬼老了就变成隐士。
A little stone overturns a great cart.
小石头打翻大车。
Beware of him who has nothing to lose.
当心那些一无所有的人。
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
宁可失鞍,不可失马。
Who has no plagues makes himself some.
没有灾祸的人,使自己受些灾祸。
Never heed the colour of a gift horse.
永远不要在意礼物马的颜色。
He may lie safely who comes from afar.
从远方来的,必安然躺卧。
A burden that one chooses is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Time and patience change the mulberry leaf to satin.
时间和耐心会把桑叶变成绸缎。
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不计较不能得到的东西。
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。
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。
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。