Take away my good name, take away my life.[译]丧失名誉等于丧失了生命;荣誉重于生命。Take honour from me and my lif... [查看全文]
Self-praise is no recommendation.[译]自己说好不算好。Sweep before your own door.[注解]直译:自家门前先扫干净。引申义为... [查看全文]
Reap as (or what) one has sown.[译]自食其果。Reason binds the man.[译]理智约束人。Reason deceives us often, consc... [查看全文]
Pain is the price that God puts upon all things.[译]辛劳是上帝给所有东西加上的价格。Patience is a flower that grow... [查看全文]
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.[注解]指家长的言行举止对孩子的影响远远超过学校老师。[译]一个父亲胜过一... [查看全文]
No man is infallible.[注解]infallible没有错误的,无过失的。[译]天下无完人;人非圣贤,孰能无过。No man is wise at all ... [查看全文]
Manners make the man.[注解]指有丰衣足食而缺乏良好教养者不能给人以好的印象。语出14世纪平民出身的英国主教William Wykeham,他的... [查看全文]
Learning makes a good man better, and an ill man worse.[译]好人越学越好,坏人越学越糟。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,长大了也会成为行为不端的人。意同汉语谚语... [查看全文]