A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
西班牙谚语
Spanish Proverbs
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.
奉承结交朋友,真理树敌。
God will listen to you whatever cloak you wear.
无论你披什么外衣,神都必听你。
A man without honor smells worse than a corpse.
没有名誉的人比尸体还臭。
It is not the load but the overload that kills.
造成死亡的不是负载,而是过载。
A child of a year old sucks milk from the heel.
一个一岁的孩子从脚跟吸吮牛奶。
Come fish, come frog, all goes into the basket.
鱼来了,青蛙来了,都进了篮子。
Let no shovel-beaked bird ever enter your yard.
不要让铲嘴鸟进入你的院子。
Take no notice of the stupid things people say.
不要理会别人说的蠢话。
Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.
明天往往是一年中最忙的时候。
To swim and swim more, and be drowned on shore.
游啊游,游啊游,在岸上淹死了。
The cat always leaves her mark upon her friend.
猫总是在她的朋友身上留下印记。
What is not yours always chirps for its master.
不属于你的,总是为它的主人唧唧喳喳。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You will not be loved if you care for none but yourself.
如果你只关心自己,别人不会爱你。
Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.
人能获得知识,但不能获得智慧。一些最伟大的傻瓜是有学问的人。
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
如果你想被尊重,你必须尊重你自己。
Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
轻轻抓住;轻易放手。这是爱情中幸福的一大秘密。
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
一个人太忙而无暇顾及自己的健康,就像一个机修工太忙而无暇顾及自己的工具一样。
Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, keep secrets like a sister, and share love like a friend.
只有姑姑才能像母亲一样拥抱,像姐妹一样保守秘密,像朋友一样分享爱。