A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
希腊谚语
Greek Proverbs
What is good to know is difficult to learn.
好知识难学。
He who wants to be happy must stay at home.
想要快乐就必须呆在家里。
Thinking evil is much the same as doing it.
想坏事和做坏事是一样的。
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to vice.
快乐是罪恶的最大诱因。
One minute of patience, ten years of peace.
一分钟的耐心，十年的平静。
Better the first of its kind than the last.
头一次比最后一次好。
A man with a skinny wife is a deceitful man.
妻子骨瘦如柴的男人是骗子。
You learn to limp if you live with cripples.
如果你和瘸子住在一起，你就会学会跛行。
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
狐狸不会两次落入同一个陷阱。
Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.
给奶牛挤奶，但不要扯掉乳房。
A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
在时代尚未成熟之前说出的真理是危险的。
In the young, silence is better than speech.
年轻时，沉默胜于雄辩。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Success is doing what you like and making a living at it.
成功是做你喜欢做的事，并以此为生。
Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
与智者一起思考，与俗人一起交谈。
If all men were just, there would be no need of valour.
如果所有的人都是正义的，就不需要勇敢。
Deeds are fruits, words are only leaves.
行动是果实，言语只是树叶。
Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom.
即使从敌人那里，一个人也可以学到智慧。
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
当老人种下他们知道自己永远不会坐在树荫下的树时，一个社会就会变得伟大。