[转帖] Proverbs are the wisdom of the age
<p>1. Proverbs are the wisdom of the age.</p><p>谚语是时代的智慧。</p><p>2. None so deaf as those that won't hear.</p><p>置若罔闻。</p><p>3. Business is the salt of life.</p><p>事业是人生的第一需要。</p><p>4. It is a sad house when the hen crows louder than the cock.</p><p>母鸡司晨家不兴。</p><p>5. Life is half spent before we know what it is.</p><p>人过半生，方知天命。</p><p>6. It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.</p><p>宁为善而斗，毋屈服于恶。</p><p>7. Purpose supposes foresight.</p><p>深谋远虑。</p><p>8. Love at first sight.</p><p>一见钟情。</p><p>9. Don't trust a goat with the kitchen-garden, </p><p>or a wolf with sheepfold.</p><p>不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。</p><p>10. Laugh, and the world laughs with you;</p><p>weep, and you weep alone.</p><p>你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。<br/>11. Don't put the cart before the horse.</p><p>不要本末倒置。</p><p>12. Better be half hanged than ill wed.</p><p>与其成怨偶，不如守单身。</p><p>13. The fox preys farthest from his hole.</p><p>兔子不吃窝边草。</p><p>14. We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.</p><p>年华没虚度，一生也足矣。</p><p>15. The best fish swim near the bottom.</p><p>好鱼居深渊。</p><p>16. A man is known by the company he keeps.</p><p>察其友知其人。</p><p>17. Vain glory blossoms but never bears.</p><p>虚荣能开花，但从不结果。</p><p>18. Venture a small fish to catch a great one.</p><p>吃小亏占大便宜。</p><p>19. Dying is as natural as living.</p><p>生死由命，富贵在天。</p><p>20. One foot is better than two crutches.</p><p>一只脚胜过两根拐杖。</p><p>21. Nothing succeeds like success.</p><p>一事成功，事事顺利。</p><p>22. Reckless youth makes rueful age.</p><p>虚度青春，悔恨无已。</p><p>23. Spend money like water.</p><p>挥金如土。</p><p>24. Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.</p><p>爱情无贵贱，贫富皆有之。</p><p>25. So many countries, so many customs.</p><p>一个国家有一个国家的风俗。</p><p>26. Readies is all.</p><p>有备无患。</p><p>27. Use a book as a bee does flowers.</p><p>读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。</p><p>28. No rule without an exception.</p><p>没有一条规则没有例外。</p><p>29. Sorrow is at parting if at meeting there be laughter.</p><p>离别多愁恨，相见尽笑声。</p><p>30. One's mantle falls on somebody.</p><p>春风化雨。</p><p>31. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.</p><p>读书养神，锻炼健身。<br/></p> <p>provers so good </p><p>grown with it</p>
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