A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
犹太谚语
Jewish Proverbs
If there is bitterness in the heart, sugar in the mouth won't make life sweeter.
如果心里有苦，嘴里有糖也不会让生活更甜。
If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.
如果你有钱，男人会认为你聪明、英俊，而且会唱歌。
I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes - until I met a man who had no feet.
我为自己感到难过，因为我没有鞋穿——直到我遇见一个没有脚的人。
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
永远不要相信那些把所有烦恼都告诉你却把所有快乐都瞒着你的人。
The person who only accepts friends without faults will never have any real friends.
只接受没有缺点的朋友的人永远不会有真正的朋友。
I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.
我为自己感到难过，因为我没有鞋穿——直到我遇见一个没有脚的人。
You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
你不需要智慧来获得运气，但你需要运气来获得智慧。
Never trust people who tell you all their troubles but keep from you all their joys.
永远不要相信那些把他们所有的烦恼都告诉你，却把他们所有的快乐都瞒着你的人。
Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.
如果你要和上级闹翻，一定要和同级的人在一起。
A person worries about the past, distresses about the present, and fears the future.
一个人担心过去，担心现在，害怕未来。
When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry.
当父亲帮助儿子时，两人都微笑;但当一个儿子必须帮助他的父亲时，两人都哭了。
If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.
如果富人可以雇佣穷人为他们而死，穷人就会过上很好的生活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
犯了两次罪，就不算是犯罪。
A mother understands a child does not say.
母亲懂得孩子不说的话。
A glutton for cake often lose the bread.
贪吃蛋糕的人往往会失去面包。
Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
不要把自己做得那么大，你并不那么小。
"Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall"--but don't rush to pick his up, either.
“不要为你的敌人跌倒而高兴”——但也不要急着去扶起他。
He who puts up with insult invites injury.
忍受侮辱的人招来伤害。