经典谚语:友谊与自由-I

I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
［译］真正的朋友绝不能阿谀奉承。
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good friends.
［注解］语出莎士比亚。
［译］我认为，只有在脑海中想起好朋友时我才会那样快乐。
If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends.
［译］如果你想估算一下你的价值，数一数你的朋友吧。
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
［译］在顺境中，朋友结识了我们；在逆境中，我们了解了朋友。
In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart.
［译］明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。
It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength.
［注解］语出美国总统杰斐逊。
［译］使自由保持活力是冲突而不是绝对的一致。在一个自由的国家里总会有各种相冲突的思想，而这正是力量的源泉。
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
［译］如果从没有失去过自由，很容易将自由当做想当然的事情。
It is good to have friends in trouble.
［译］在患难时得到朋友是幸运的。
It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.
［译］对朋友不义，不可能对国家效忠。