A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
Never rub your eye but with your elbow.
除了用胳膊肘擦眼睛外,千万别擦。
Skill or fortune will efface the spots.
技能和财富会抹去污点。
One may have good eyes and see nothing.
一个人可能有一双好眼睛却什么也看不见。
You must shift your sail with the wind.
你必须顺风航行。
Go abroad and you'll hear news of home.
到国外去,你会听到国内的消息。
Large trees give more shade than fruit.
大树比水果提供更多的阴凉。
The poorhouse is full of honest people.
济贫院里到处都是诚实的人。
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。
The best armor is to keep out of range.
最好的盔甲是保持在射程之外。
The beast once dead, the venom is dead.
野兽一旦死了,毒液也就死了。
A rainy morn oft brings a pleasant day.
多雨的早晨常常带来愉快的一天。
The anvil lasts longer than the hammer.
铁砧比锤子耐用。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Failures are but mileposts on the road to success.
失败只是通往成功之路的里程标。
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。
Live and learn.
活到老,学到老。
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。
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。