A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
近处是我的衬衫，近处是我的皮肤。
One would not be alone even in Paradise.
一个人即使在天堂也不会孤独。
What worth has beauty if it is not seen?
如果看不到美，美又有什么价值呢?
The salt of patience seasons everything.
耐心是调味剂。
Fortune comes to him who strives for it.
命运属于为之奋斗的人。
Drink wine and let water go to the mill.
喝点酒，让水去磨。
Friendship should be unpicked, not rent.
友谊应该被拆散，而不是租来的。
He that is always right is always wrong.
总是对的人总是错的。
God save me from one who does not drink.
愿上帝救我脱离不喝酒的人。
There is no getting blood from a turnip.
萝卜不抽血。
Old thanks cannot be used for new gifts.
旧的感谢不能用于新礼物。
Every one thinks his own cross heaviest.
每个人都认为自己的十字架最重。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
Time and patience change the mulberry leaf to satin.
时间和耐心会把桑叶变成绸缎。
Failures are but mileposts on the road to success.
失败只是通往成功之路的里程标。
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
智者不计较不能得到的东西。