A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
Old birds are not caught with new nets.
新网捉不到老鸟。
To the fallen tree, hatchets. hatchets.
对于倒下的树,斧头。斧头。
It is better to be a beggar than a fool.
宁为乞丐,不为愚人。
He who lives by hope will die by hunger.
靠希望生活的人会饿死。
A gift long expected is sold, not given.
期待已久的礼物是卖出,而不是赠送。
At a dangerous passage yield precedence.
在危险的通道上优先通行。
Hope is the last to abandon the unhappy.
希望是最后抛弃不快乐的人。
The devil turns away from a closed door.
魔鬼转身离开一扇关着的门。
When gold speaks every tongue is silent.
当黄金说话时,每一种语言都是沉默的。
The good seaman is known in bad weather.
坏天气识好水手。
An old flag is an honour to its captain.
一面旧旗是船长的荣誉。
Under white ashes there is glowing coal.
白色的灰烬下面是燃烧的煤。
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。
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。
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。
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不计较不能得到的东西。