Take away my good name, take away my life.[譯]喪失名譽等于喪失了生命;榮譽重于生命。Take honour from me and my lif... [查看全文]
Self-praise is no recommendation.[譯]自己說好不算好。Sweep before your own door.[注解]直譯:自家門前先掃干凈。引申義為... [查看全文]
Reap as (or what) one has sown.[譯]自食其果。Reason binds the man.[譯]理智約束人。Reason deceives us often, consc... [查看全文]
Pain is the price that God puts upon all things.[譯]辛勞是上帝給所有東西加上的價格。Patience is a flower that grow... [查看全文]
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.[注解]指家長的言行舉止對孩子的影響遠遠超過學(xué)校老師。[譯]一個父親勝過一... [查看全文]
No man is infallible.[注解]infallible沒有錯誤的,無過失的。[譯]天下無完人;人非圣賢,孰能無過。No man is wise at all ... [查看全文]
Manners make the man.[注解]指有豐衣足食而缺乏良好教養(yǎng)者不能給人以好的印象。語出14世紀(jì)平民出身的英國主教William Wykeham,他的... [查看全文]
Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.[譯]好人越學(xué)越好,壞人越學(xué)越糟。Liars begin by imposing upo... [查看全文]
Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruine... [查看全文]
Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.[注解]意指青少年若受到不良教育,長大了也會成為行為不端的人。意同漢語諺語... [查看全文]