A cheerful wife is the joy of life.
[譯]快樂的妻子是生活的樂事。
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
[譯]知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
A good husband makes a good wife.
[譯]夫善則妻賢。
A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
[譯]令人愉快的歡笑是房間里的陽光。
A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.
[譯]通往幸福的最大障礙就是對幸??燎筇?。
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.
[注解]bloom開花,煥發(fā)青春。visage臉,面貌。
[譯]心情愉快使人青春煥發(fā)。
A light heart can bear everything.
[譯]輕松愉快的心情能夠忍受一切。
A mother's love never changes.
[譯]母愛永恒。
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
[注解]語出詩人Keats(濟(jì)慈)。
[譯]美好的事物,回味無窮。
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
[譯]別后常相思,相逢情更深。
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.
[注解]語出美國發(fā)明家愛迪生。
[譯]有所成就是人生惟一的真正樂趣。
After a storm comes a calm.
[注解]意指生活中,一段不愉快的時(shí)光之后總會有好光景。同義諺語有:After rain comes fair weather. 雨過天晴。
[譯]雨過天晴;否極泰來。
All are not merry that dance lightly.
[譯]跳著輕快舞步的人,未必個(gè)個(gè)都快樂。
Anticipating pleasure is also a pleasure.
[譯]期待快樂本身也是一種快樂。
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hatred.
[譯]美酒可制成烈醋,熱愛能變?yōu)樯畛稹?