A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
Water after does not quench a fire at hand.
水救不了火。
You cannot write down a meaningful silence.
你无法写下有意义的沉默。
Who errs in the tens errs in the thousands.
谁犯了十次错,谁就犯了千次错。
The remedy is often worse than the disease.
治疗方法往往比疾病本身更糟糕。
A kitchen dog never was good for the chase.
厨房里的狗从不适合追赶。
An unasked for excuse infers transgression.
不请自来的借口会推断出罪过。
When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.
打雷时,小偷变得诚实。
He who begins many things finishes but few.
万事开头难。
A pear will never fall into a closed mouth.
梨永远不会掉到紧闭的嘴里。
That which is customary requires no excuse.
习惯的事不需要借口。
With the skin of the dog its bite is cured.
有了狗的皮,它的咬伤就好了。
It is easy robbing when the dog is quieted.
当狗安静下来时,抢劫是很容易的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
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。