A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
南斯拉夫谚语
Yugoslavian Proverbs
He who does not know how to serve cannot know how to command.
不知道如何侍奉的人,也不知道如何指挥。
On your own donkey it is quicker than on someone else's racehorse.
骑自己的驴比骑别人的赛马快。
There is little use building a fence around the garden to keep out the rabbits.
在花园周围筑一道篱笆把兔子挡在外面几乎没有什么用。
Life is like a game in which God shuffles the cards, the devil deals them and we have to play the trumps.
人生就像一场游戏,上帝洗牌,魔鬼出牌,我们必须出王牌。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
Boast to a stranger, complain only to your friends.
向陌生人吹嘘,只向朋友抱怨。
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。
Where there is no wife, there is no home.
没有妻子,就没有家。
The place of an uninvited guest is behind the door.
不速之客的位置在门的后面。
A good name reaches far but a bad one reaches farther.
好名声传得远,坏名声传得远。