A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
南斯拉夫谚语
Yugoslavian Proverbs
Where there are no laws, they can't be broken.
在没有法律的地方，法律是不能被打破的。
What is impossible to change is best to forget.
不可能改变的，最好忘记。
No one likes to be the first to step on the ice.
没有人喜欢第一个踏上冰面。
He who works has much; he who saves, still more.
工作的人拥有很多;节约的人，更是如此。
Wine from a pot is better than water from a well.
壶里的酒，胜过井里的水。
Grain by grain, a loaf; stone by stone, a castle.
一粒一粒，一条面包;一块石头一块石头，一座城堡。
If ever you should need my life, come and take it.
如果你需要我的生命，就来取走吧。
Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.
向陌生人吹嘘，只向朋友抱怨。
He who humbles himself too much gets trampled upon.
太自卑的人会被人践踏。
The place of an uninvited guest is behind the door.
不速之客的位置在门的后面。
If envy would burn, there would be no need for wood.
如果嫉妒烧起来，就不需要木头了。
A man shows in his youth what he will be in his age.
一个人在他年轻时表现出他在他的年龄将会是什么样子。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster.
九个赌徒连一只公鸡都喂不饱。
Man is learning all his life and yet he dies in ignorance.
人一生都在学习，却死于无知。
Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg.
人比石头坚硬，比鸡蛋脆弱。