A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
意大利谚语
Italian Proverbs
The flatterer's throat is an open sepulchre.
谄媚者的喉咙是敞开的坟墓。
If your head is wax, do not walk in the sun.
如果你的头是蜡状的，不要在阳光下行走。
It is a bad thing to be poor, and seem poor.
贫穷并显得贫穷是件坏事。
So kind and so honest my lady appears to be.
我的夫人看上去既善良又诚实。
For a wife and a horse go to your neighbour.
娶妻如养马，不如娶邻为妻。
He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.
失去徒劳的希望的人会得到很多。
Bad is the sack that will not bear patching.
不忍修补的袋子是坏的。
The tree is not to be judged of by its bark.
不能以貌取人。
Sometimes the lees are better than the wine.
有时酒渣比酒更好。
Don't cry fried fish before they are caught.
炸鱼未捉到，先别哭。
Don't reckon your eggs before they are laid.
蛋未生先别数。
A sheep's bite is never more than skip deep.
被羊咬的地方永远不会超过它跳跃的深度。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
Failures are but mileposts on the road to success.
失败只是通往成功之路的里程标。
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。