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| 分類 | 收錄條數 |
|---|---|
| 財富管理 | 139 |
| 人際關係 | 102 |
| 心理關係 | 225 |
| 教育 | 99 |
| 健康 | 53 |
| 社會公義 | 52 |
| 合計 | 670 |
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財富管理:139 條格言(展開網頁文字版)
| 原書編號 | 英文原文 | 中文翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. | 小孩子總以為二十先令與二十年的光陰幾乎花不完。 |
| 2 | A cold April, the barn will fill. | 四月寒冷,穀倉將會充盈。 |
| 8 | A fat kitchen, a lean will. | 廚房豐盛肥美,遺囑菲薄寒酸。 |
| 9 | A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine. | 身處故土的優秀天才,有如深藏礦中的金子。 |
| 12 | After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. | 歷經挫折與損失之後,人們會變得更加謙遜與明智。 |
| 23 | A light purse is a heavy curse. | 空癟的錢包是沉重的詛咒。 |
| 24 | A little house well fill'd, a little field well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. | 充實的小屋、精耕的小田與體貼賢良的妻子,便是莫大的財富。 |
| 27* | All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful. | 對節儉者而言萬物皆廉,對揮霍者而言萬物皆貴。 |
| 28* | All things are easy to industry, all things difficult to sloth. | 勤勉則百事皆易,怠惰則百事皆難。 |
| 34 | Ambition often spends foolishly what avarice had wickedly collected. | 野心肆意揮霍的,往往正是貪婪用不義手段聚斂的財物。 |
| 50 | An ounce of wit that is bought, is worth a pound that is taught. | 親身體會換來的一盎司智慧,勝過旁人口傳教導的一磅學問。 |
| 53 | A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. | 腳踏實地挺立的農人,高過屈膝跪地的紳士。 |
| 59 | Ask and have, is sometimes dear buying. | 有求必應的索取,有時是代價最高昂的交易。 |
| 66 | At a great pennyworth, pause a while. | 面對看似天大便宜的划算買賣,務必停下來多加思忖。 |
| 72 | Bargaining has neither friends nor relations. | 買賣討價還價之間,既無朋友情份,亦無親屬情面。 |
| 73 | Be always ashamed to catch thyself idle. | 若發覺自己無所事事、怠惰度日,當常存羞愧警惕之心。 |
| 80 | Better is a little with content than much with contention. | 知足隨分之微薄少物,勝過爭端糾紛下之豐饒財富。 |
| 89 | Buy what thou hast no need of; and e'er long thou shalt sell thy necessaries. | 買進你用不著的多餘之物,不久之後你將不得不變賣生活必需品。 |
| 90 | By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable. | 憑藉著勤奮與耐心,弱小的老鼠終能咬斷粗實的纜繩。 |
| 98* | Content and riches seldom meet together. Riches take thou, contentment I had rather. | 知足與巨富鮮少齊聚一堂。財富任憑你取,我寧願選擇心靈的知足富足。 |
| 99 | Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold. | 知足乃是真正的點金石,凡其觸及之處皆能化為黃金。 |
| 100* | Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. | 知足能使貧者富足,貪得無厭則使富者貧窮。 |
| 102 | Creditors have better memories than debtors. | 債權人的記性總是比債務人好。 |
| 105* | Dally not with other folks' women or money. | 切勿隨意招惹別人的女人,亦莫輕忽把玩他人的錢財。 |
| 107 | Declaiming against pride, is not always a sign of humility. | 大聲斥責傲慢,未必就是謙遜的表現。 |
| 112 | Diligence is the mother of good luck. | 勤奮是好運之母。 |
| 113* | Diligence overcomes difficulties, sloth makes them. | 勤奮能克服一切艱難,怠惰則會製造諸般困厄。 |
| 115* | Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. | 善待朋友以長久維繫情誼,善待仇敵以化敵為友爭取其心。 |
| 120* | Don't judge of men's wealth or piety, by their Sunday appearances. | 切勿從人們禮拜天光鮮的裝束,去評斷其真實財富或虔誠程度。 |
| 129 | Drive thy business, or it will drive thee. | 督促掌管你的事業,否則事業將反過來牽著你走。 |
| 134 | Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. | 若你想獲得真正的悠閒從容,就必須妥善利用每分時間。 |
| 145* | Fond pride of dress is sure an empty curse ; e'er fancy you consult, consult your purse. | 盲目虛榮於衣著華服實為空虛詛咒;在順從虛飾喜好之前,先盤算你的錢包。 |
| 150 | For one poor man there are an hundred indigent. | 每見一名安貧樂道之人,便有一百個因揮霍而陷入困窘之輩。 |
| 156 | Genius without education is like silver in the mine. | 未經教育栽培的天賦才華,猶如深埋礦中的銀礦石。 |
| 158 | Gifts much expected, are paid, not given. | 萬眾期盼索求之禮物,形同償債付出,而非慷慨餽贈。 |
| 161 | God gives all things to industry. | 上蒼將萬般美物賜予勤奮之人。 |
| 169 | Great almsgiving, lessens no man's living. | 慷慨施捨濟貧,絕不會減損任何人的生計富足。 |
| 170* | Great estates may venture more; little boats must keep near shore. | 萬貫家業者可承擔較大風險;一葉扁舟者務必緊靠岸邊航行。 |
| 175 | Great spenders are bad lenders. | 出手揮霍無度者,往往是最不可靠的借貸對象。 |
| 187 | Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. | 曾經貧困並不可恥,以曾經過貧困為恥才是真正的羞恥。 |
| 190 | He does not possess wealth, it possesses him. | 他並未真正擁有財富,而是財富奴役掌控了他。 |
| 195 | He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things. | 扶犁耕耘的農夫絕非小丑蠢漢,舉止荒唐低俗之人才是不折不扣的跳梁小丑。 |
| 197 | Help, hands ; for I have no lands. | 雙手且勤奮自立吧!因我並無萬頃良田可供倚賴。 |
| 202 | He's gone, and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors. | 他一走了之,什麼都沒忘記帶,唯獨忘了向債權人道別(指潛逃躲債)。 |
| 205* | He that builds before he counts the cost, acts foolishly; and he that counts before he builds, finds he did not count wisely. | 不計成本便動工建造者舉止魯莽;而動工前算計妥當者,往往發覺自己當初預算得不夠周全。 |
| 206 | He that buys by the penny, maintains not only himself, but other people. | 零買度日之人,不僅要養活自己,還得供養層層轉手的商人。 |
| 207 | He that by the plow would thrive, himself must either hold or drive. | 若想靠耕作興旺富足,農人自己必須親自掌犁或親自驅策牲口。 |
| 220 | He that has a trade, has an office of profit and honor. | 身懷一技之長者,形同擁有一份既體面又獲利的官職職位。 |
| 222 | He that hath a trade, hath an estate. | 身懷謀生手藝者,猶如擁有一處恆產。 |
| 223 | He that is of opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. | 深信金錢萬能之人,極可能為了錢財而不擇手段無所不為。 |
| 224* | He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich. | 大富之人固然無需節儉度日,但善於克勤克儉者亦不必非有巨富不可。 |
| 226 | He that never eats too much, will never be lazy. | 從不過飽暴食者,永遠不會陷入怠惰昏沉。 |
| 227 | He that pays for work before it's done, has but a penny-worth for two pence. | 完工前便預付全額工錢者,往往花兩便士只得到一便士的價值。 |
| 233 | He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money. | 凡賒帳賣貨者,不僅得罪失去許多朋友,且往往長年缺乏現錢。 |
| 240 | He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd. | 不肯聽取良言規勸者,神仙亦愛莫能助。 |
| 242 | He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow money to be repaid at Easter. | 若嫌大齋期太長,不妨借一筆約定復活節償還的債務(還債之期轉瞬即至)。 |
| 246 | He who multiplies riches multiplies cares. | 徒增財富之人,無非只是徒增心頭憂慮。 |
| 247* | He who buys had need have 100 eyes, but one's enough for him that sells the stuff. | 買方必須具備一百隻眼睛以防受騙,賣方則只需一隻眼睛即可得售。 |
| 249 | Honors change manners. | 榮華富貴與顯赫地位,往往會改變一個人的舉止心性。 |
| 252 | Hope of gain lessens pain. | 對獲利收穫的企盼,能減輕當下的辛苦勞頓。 |
| 256 | Idleness is the Dead Sea, that swallows all virtues. | 怠惰是有如死海一般的深淵,吞噬淹沒一切美德。 |
| 257 | Idleness is the greatest prodigality. | 虛擲光陰無所事事,是世間最大的揮霍浪費。 |
| 258 | If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold. | 若非為了一日三餐腹肚之需,後背衣裳本可穿金戴銀。 |
| 262 | If pride leads the van, beggary brings up the rear. | 若由傲慢在前開道領軍,殿後尾隨而至的必是行乞窮困。 |
| 267 | If worldly goods cannot save me from death, they ought not to hinder me to eternal life. | 世間財物既然無法救我免於肉體死亡,便不該成為我追求永生之障礙。 |
| 272 | If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some. | 若想深知金錢的分量與價值,不妨試著去向人借錢。 |
| 273 | If you'd lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money. | 若想擺脫一個討嫌糾纏的訪客,借給他一筆錢即可。 |
| 275 | If you have no money in your pot, have some in your mouth. | 口袋鍋裡若無銀錢,嘴上言辭便當常存客氣溫和。 |
| 277 | If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. | 懂得量入為出使開支小於收入,你便握有了真正的賢者點金石。 |
| 280 | If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? | 若那些財富真屬於你一人,死後何以不能帶往另一個世界? |
| 287* | Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again. | 無知輕信誘使人們捲入黨派爭鬥,而死要面子的羞恥心則阻礙他們從中脫身抽離。 |
| 288* | I have never seen the philosopher's stone that turns lead into gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a man's gold into lead. | 我從未見過能將鉛點化為黃金的賢者之石,但我屢屢見過盲目追求點金術的人,將自己的真金變成了廢鉛。 |
| 292* | Industry pays debts, despair increases them. | 勤奮實幹能清償債務,絕望怨懟只會使債務有增無減。 |
| 294 | Interest which blinds some people, enlightens others. | 利益既能使某些人雙目失明,亦能讓另一些人頭腦清醒。 |
| 308 | Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. | 用心守好你的店鋪,店鋪自會養活顧全你。 |
| 316 | Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. | 怠惰行步遲緩,貧困轉瞬便將其追趕超越。 |
| 318 | Lend money to an enemy, and thou'lt gain him, to a friend and thou'lt lose him. | 借錢給仇敵,你或能化敵為友爭取其心;借錢給朋友,你往往兩手空空失去好友。 |
| 326 | Light gains, heavy purses. | 薄利多銷,錢袋自充。 |
| 328 | Light purse, heavy heart. | 錢袋空空,心頭沉重。 |
| 332 | Lost time is never found again. | 逝去的光陰,永不再復返。 |
| 336* | Lovers, travellers, and poets will give money to be heard. | 情人、旅人與詩人,甚至願意付錢只求有人肯傾聽他們的心聲。 |
| 340 | Lying rides upon debt's back. | 謊言往往騎在債務的背上隨行。 |
| 342 | Many a man's own tongue gives evidence against his understanding. | 許多人自己的舌頭,成了證明自己愚昧欠缺見識的罪證。 |
| 343 | Many a man would have been worse, if his estate had been better. | 許多人若當初家境更加優渥富足,其品行成就反而會更加敗壞。 |
| 347 | Many estates are spent in the getting. | 許多家業在辛苦營謀累積的過程中,反倒被揮霍耗損殆盡。 |
| 352 | Many would live by their wits, but break for want of stock. | 許多人妄想憑藉投機小聰明度日,卻因腹中無真材實料而一敗塗地。 |
| 355 | Mary's mouth costs her nothing, for she never opens it but at others expense. | 瑪麗張嘴從不花費自己分文,因為她每次開口都在享用別人的宴席(或損毀旁人名聲)。 |
| 362 | Money and good manners make the gentleman. | 充裕的財富加上端正的禮節教養,方能成就真正的紳士。 |
| 363* | Money and man a mutual friendship show ; man makes false money, money makes man so. | 金錢與世人展現出奇妙的互助交情:人製造偽鈔假幣,金錢則使人變得虛假偽善。 |
| 370 | Necessity never made a good bargain. | 迫於急迫無奈之下,從做不成划算的好買賣。 |
| 381 | No gains without pains. | 不勞則無獲,不歷艱辛難有所得。 |
| 382 | No man e'er was glorious who was not laborious. | 凡未能辛勤耕耘勞作者,從未有一人能贏得流芳榮耀。 |
| 387* | Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another. | 眼睛莫窺探他人信函,雙手莫伸入他人錢袋,耳朵莫竊聽他人秘密。 |
| 388 | Nothing but money is sweeter than honey. | 世間除卻現錢銀兩,別無他物比甘蜜更甜。 |
| 393 | Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow. | 如今我添了羊又置了牛,人人都熱情向我道聲早安問好(富貴門庭多笑臉)。 |
| 397 | Observe old Vellum; he praises former times, as if he'd a mind to sell 'em. | 瞧瞧老皮紙商,他大肆吹捧昔日歲月的美好,活像打算把舊時光當古董高價兜售一般。 |
| 409 | Patience in market, is worth pounds in a year. | 買賣經營時具備耐心,一年下來可價值千金。 |
| 410 | Pay what you owe, and you'll know what's your own. | 清償所有債務,你方能確知何者真正屬於自己。 |
| 413 | Pollio, who values nothing that's within, buys books as men hunt beavers for their skins. | 波利奧從不看重內在涵養,買書如獵人捕獺只圖那張光鮮皮毛。 |
| 415 | Poor Plain Dealing! Dead without issue. | 可憐的坦誠直率啊!竟已斷子絕孫與世長辭。 |
| 416* | Poverty, poetry, and new titles of honor, make men ridiculous. | 貧困落魄、自作多情作詩,以及新獲封的虛榮頭銜,往往令人顯得荒誕可笑。 |
| 417* | Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things. | 貧困欠缺某些事物,奢靡欠缺諸多事物,貪婪則妄想佔有一切。 |
| 424 | Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, supped with infamy. | 傲慢早餐時享盡豐足,午餐時伴隨貧困,晚餐時則與身敗名裂同食。 |
| 426 | Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. | 傲慢呼求索討之聲正如貧困匱乏般喧囂,且態度遠比後者更加蠻橫無禮。 |
| 429 | Prodigality of time, produces poverty of mind as well as of estate. | 虛擲浪費光陰,不僅導致家財匱乏,亦使心靈日益貧瘠。 |
| 444 | Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. | 貪戀綾羅綢緞之虛華,必將熄滅自家的廚房柴火。 |
| 448 | Sloth and silence are a fool's virtues. | 怠惰與緘默不語,乃是蠢人僅有的美德。 |
| 449* | Sloth (like rust) consumes faster than labor wears. The used key is always bright. | 怠惰如銹蝕,消耗腐蝕的速度遠快於辛勤磨損;常轉動的鑰匙永遠光亮如新。 |
| 450 | Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest. | 瑞雪兆豐年。 |
| 451* | Some are justly laughed at for keeping their money foolishly, others for spending it idly; he is the greatest fool that lays it out in a purchase of repentance. | 有人因盲目守財見笑於人,有人因揮霍無度遭人恥笑;而花錢買來無盡懊悔者,才是天下最大的蠢才。 |
| 455 | Spare and have is better than spend and crave. | 節儉自足,勝過揮霍無度後再向人乞求。 |
| 468 | Take this remark from Richard, poor and lame, whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame. | 且記下跛腳窮理查這句諫言:凡是在盛怒中所開啟之事,終將在羞愧中收場。 |
| 472* | Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of one, nor kindness of t'other. | 對守財奴說他家財萬貫,對女子說她年老色衰,你既休想從前者手中借得分文,亦別指望後者對你好臉色。 |
| 479* | The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not. | 終日勤勉忙碌之人鮮少有遊手好閒的訪客騷擾;滾燙沸騰的鍋邊蒼蠅絕不敢近。 |
| 491 | The generous mind least regards money, and yet most feels the want of it. | 豁達慷慨之心最淡泊金錢,卻往往在欲行善濟世之際最感資財匱乏。 |
| 493 | The good pay-master is lord of another man's purse. | 按期履約守信付款者,隨時能調動支配他人的錢袋。 |
| 505 | The miser's cheese is wholesom'st. | 守財奴的乳酪最是衛生有益(因其極度吝嗇鮮少拿出來宴客吃用)。 |
| 512 | The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one. | 窮人所得微薄,乞丐一無所有,富人資財過剩,然而知足自足者天下無一人。 |
| 513* | The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat. | 窮人奔走跋涉是為了填飽腹肚,富人散步漫遊則是為了消化腹中珍饈。 |
| 517 | There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies. | 世上有怠惰好逸之形軀,亦有怠於思考之頭腦。 |
| 520 | There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. | 世間有三位忠貞不渝的朋友:結髮老妻、老犬以及在手的現錢。 |
| 522 | There is neither honor nor gain got in dealing with a villain. | 與奸邪惡徒打交道往來,既無名譽榮耀可言,亦無實利可圖。 |
| 538 | The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt. | 第二種惡習是說謊撒謊;第一種惡習則是欠債借貸。 |
| 540 | The sun never repents of the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompence. | 驕陽普照大地施恩從不悔悟,亦從不向萬物索求回報。 |
| 564* | Tim was so learned, that he could name a horse in nine languages. So ignorant, that he bought a cow to ride on. | 提姆學富五車能用九種語言稱呼一匹馬;然而無知到竟買了一頭乳牛騎著出行。 |
| 565* | 'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principal. | 償付利息違背了某些人的做人原則,而歸還本金則似乎損害了另一些人的切身利益。 |
| 575 | 'Tis hard (but glorious) to be poor and honest. | 安貧樂道且長保清白誠信固然艱難,卻無比榮耀。 |
| 578 | 'Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat. | 若花費一便士能保全四便士免於損失,這便士便花得無比值得。 |
| 591* | Trouble springs from idleness; toil from ease. | 禍患災難源於懈怠怠惰,辛酸勞碌生於貪圖安逸。 |
| 601 | Virtue and a trade, are a child's best portion. | 高尚的美德與一門謀生手藝,乃是父母賜予兒女的最佳資產產業。 |
| 606 | Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. | 財富並非屬於聚斂佔有它的人,而是屬於真正懂得明智享用它的人。 |
| 618 | When a friend deals with a friend, let the bargain be clear and well penn'd, that they may continue friends to the end. | 朋友之間買賣交涉,條款契約當書寫明晰定奪無誤,方能自始至終維繫長久友誼。 |
| 633 | Where bread is wanting, all's to be sold. | 家中若揭不開鍋缺乏口糧,凡所有之物皆不得不變賣換糧。 |
| 645 | Who dainties love, shall beggars prove. | 貪戀珍饈美味奢靡享樂者,終將淪為行乞討飯之丐。 |
| 648 | Who is rich? He that is content. | 何人稱得上真正富足?知足常樂隨分自足者。 |
| 649 | Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. | 何人稱得上真正富有?在自己應得份額產業中欣然喜樂者。 |
| 655 | Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good. | 祝願守財奴長命百歲,絕非在為他祈求福祉(只會徒增其憂慮煎熬折磨)。 |
| 656* | Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small and the wants great. | 女色與烈酒、博彩聚賭與詭詐欺瞞,能令萬貫家財化為烏有,令貪婪匱乏欲壑難填。 |
| 659 | Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. | 若想成功說服打動旁人,當直言其切身利益好處,莫徒托空洞之大道理。 |
人際關係:102 條格言(展開網頁文字版)
| 原書編號 | 英文原文 | 中文翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. | 虛偽的朋友和影子一樣,只在陽光明媚時相隨。 |
| 7* | A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both. | 父親是珍寶,兄弟是安慰,而朋友兩者兼具。 |
| 10 | A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word. | 阿諛奉承者似乎從不顯得荒唐:因為被奉承的人總是對其深信不疑。 |
| 11* | After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy. | 三天過後,人們便會對放蕩女子、作客賓客以及連綿雨天心生厭煩。 |
| 22 | A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things. | 悠閒從容的生活與懶散懈怠的生活,完全是兩碼子事。 |
| 26 | All mankind are beholden to him that is kind to the good. | 凡善待善人者,全人類皆感念其恩德。 |
| 37 | An egg today is better than a hen to-morrow. | 今天的一顆雞蛋,勝過明天的一隻母雞。 |
| 47* | Anoint a villian and he'll stab you; stab him, and he'll anoint you. | 你撫慰奉承惡徒,他會反手刺你;你痛擊制伏他,他反倒對你阿諛恭維。 |
| 51 | An undutiful daughter, will prove an unmanageable wife. | 不孝順父母的女兒,日後往往會成為難以管教與相處的妻子。 |
| 52 | A pair of good ears will drain dry an hundred tongues. | 一雙善於傾聽的耳朵,能讓一百張誇誇其談的舌頭說到枯竭。 |
| 55 | A quarrelsome man has no good neighbors. | 好逞口舌之爭的人,身邊絕不會有好鄰居。 |
| 60 | A soft tongue may strike hard. | 柔和的舌頭,亦能產生無比沉重的打擊力道。 |
| 64 | A wicked hero will turn his back to an innocent coward. | 多行不義的草莽梟雄,亦會在純潔無辜的懦夫面前轉身退縮。 |
| 79 | Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. | 結交朋友宜審慎放慢腳步,更換背棄朋友時則更須深思熟慮。 |
| 92 | Ceremony is not civility; nor civility ceremony. | 虛飾的繁文縟節非真正的謙和禮貌,謙和禮貌亦絕非刻板客套。 |
| 103* | Cut the wings of your hens and hopes, lest they lead you a wary dance after them. | 剪掉母雞的翅膀並收斂你的非分冀望,免得日後疲於奔命四處追逐。 |
| 114 | Distrust and caution are the parents of security. | 不輕信與慎重,乃是安全之雙親。 |
| 124 | Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. | 若你家自個兒裝著玻璃窗,就別朝鄰居家丟石頭。 |
| 139 | Fear God, and your enemies will fear you. | 敬畏上帝,你的仇敵便會敬畏你。 |
| 142* | Fine linen, girls and gold so bright, choose not to take by candle light. | 精緻的亞麻布、女子與耀眼的黃金,切莫在搖曳的燭光下挑選審視。 |
| 143* | Fish and visitors stink in three days. | 鮮魚與訪客,三天便發臭。 |
| 153 | Friendship increases by visiting friends, but by visiting seldom. | 探望朋友能增進友誼,但探訪的頻率應當適度而鮮少。 |
| 166 | Good wives and good plantations are made by good husbands. | 賢良的妻子與豐饒的莊園,皆出自善於經營的稱職好丈夫。 |
| 168 | Graft good fruit all, or graft not at all. | 要嫁接就全嫁接優質果樹,否則索性完全不要嫁接。 |
| 176 | Great talkers, little doers. | 誇誇其談者,往往少有實際作為。 |
| 177 | Great talkers should be cropt, for they have no need of ears. | 多嘴妄言者當被剪去雙耳,反正他們從來用不著聽旁人說話。 |
| 178 | Half hospitality opens his door and shuts up his countenance. | 半心半意的待客之道:門戶雖開,面色卻冷若冰霜。 |
| 182 | Happy's the wooing that's not long a doing. | 進展明快俐落的追求求婚,最是稱心幸福。 |
| 188 | Hear no ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy. | 莫聽信對朋友的毀謗中傷,亦莫在背後說仇敵的壞話。 |
| 189 | Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her. | 且聽從理性的規勸,否則理性將用痛苦讓你深刻領教。 |
| 193* | He is a governor that governs his passions, and he a servant that serves them. | 能克制駕馭自身私慾情欲者乃真正之主宰,任由情欲驅使擺佈者終歸是奴僕。 |
| 198 | He makes a foe, who makes a jest. | 拿旁人肆意開玩笑譏諷者,往往是在為自己樹立仇敵。 |
| 219 | He that goes far to marry, will either deceive or be deceived. | 遠走他鄉尋偶結親者,不是存心欺瞞對方,便是落入被騙的陷阱。 |
| 221 | He that has not got a wife, is not yet a complete man. | 尚未迎娶妻子之人,算不上是個完整齊全的人。 |
| 236 | He that speaks much, is much mistaken. | 言多必失,夸夸多言者謬誤必多。 |
| 238 | He that takes a wife, takes care. | 娶妻成家者,亦挑起了牽掛與責任操勞。 |
| 243 | He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees. | 若想安享寧靜與自在,切莫言盡所知,亦莫妄評所見。 |
| 250 | Honor thy father and mother, i. e., live so as to be an honor to them when they are dead. | 孝敬父母:即要活得堂堂正正,讓自己在雙親身後依然成為他們的榮耀。 |
| 251* | Hope and a red rag, are baits for men and mackrel. | 虛妄的希望與紅布條,分別是誘釣凡夫俗子與青花魚的餌料。 |
| 259 | If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty. | 傑克若墜入情網,便無法客觀評判吉爾的美貌(情人眼裡出西施)。 |
| 261 | If passion drives, let reason hold the reins. | 縱使激情在驅策奔馳,亦當讓理性緊握韁繩。 |
| 270 | If you'd have a servant that you like, serve yourself. | 若想擁有一位稱心如意的僕人,凡事親力親為伺候自己。 |
| 282 | If you would be reveng'd of your enemy, govern yourself. | 若想對仇敵進行最高明的報復,先約束克制駕馭好你自己。 |
| 284 | If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend. | 若想讓秘密不被仇敵知曉,連密友亦切勿透露。 |
| 286 | If you would reap praise you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds. | 若想收穫眾人的讚譽,就必須播下種子——溫和良言與有益的實行。 |
| 289* | Ill company is like a dog who dirts those most, that he loves best. | 惡劣不良的同伴有如一條頑狗,往往把它最親近喜愛的人身上弄得最骯髒。 |
| 303 | It's common for men to give pretended reasons instead of one real one. | 人們往往習慣給出一堆虛假的藉口,來掩蓋那唯一真實的原因。 |
| 309* | Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. | 婚前雙眼要睜得雪亮,婚後雙眼不妨半睜半閉。 |
| 313 | Late children, early orphans. | 老來得子,幼子早成孤兒。 |
| 321 | Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt. | 讓順服成為孩子的第一堂課,至於第二堂課教什麼便可隨你心意。 |
| 322* | Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them. | 將內心的不滿與怨懟深藏心底;世人若得知,只會輕蔑你並徒增你的困擾。 |
| 323 | Let thy maid-servant be faithful, strong, and homely. | 挑選女僕當求忠誠可靠、身強體健且相貌樸實。 |
| 327 | Light heel'd mothers make leaden-heel'd daughters. | 過於俐落勤快的母親,往往養出步履沉重懶散的女兒。 |
| 334* | Love, cough, and a smoke, can't well be hid. | 愛情、咳嗽與煙氣,皆是難以遮掩掩藏之物。 |
| 335* | Lover and Lordship hate companions. | 情場與王權霸業,皆容不得旁人插足分享。 |
| 338 | Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults. | 且愛你的仇敵,因為他們毫不留情指出你的缺點。 |
| 339 | Love your neighbor; yet don't pull down your hedge. | 善待鄰居,但切莫拆除自家的籬笆。 |
| 353 | Marry above thy match, and thou'lt get a master. | 攀附門第高攀聯姻,你迎來的往往不是伴侶而是主人。 |
| 354* | Marry your son when you will, but your daughter when you can. | 為兒子娶妻可隨心擇時,為女兒擇偶出閣則當抓緊良機。 |
| 356 | Meanness is the parent of insolence. | 卑劣下作的心性,乃傲慢無禮之母。 |
| 371 | Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in. | 在尚未擁有能夠容身遮風避雨的房屋與溫暖爐火之前,切莫急於娶妻。 |
| 400 | Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price. | 老頑童與小孩子一樣都有自己的心愛玩具;唯一的差別只在於價格的貴賤罷了。 |
| 402* | One good husband is worth two good wives; for the scarcer things are the more they're valued. | 一個好丈夫抵得上兩個好妻子;因為世間物以稀為貴。 |
| 430 | Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. | 輕易許諾或能讓你贏得朋友,但言而無信不履約必將使他們化為仇敵。 |
| 432 | Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong. | 若是非過錯僅在於單方面,爭執吵鬧絕不可能持久延續。 |
| 440 | Saying and doing have quarrel'd and parted. | 口頭高談與切實力行,早已反目成仇分道揚鑣。 |
| 456* | Speak and speed; the close mouth catches no flies. | 有話當講莫失良機;緊閉的嘴巴捕捉不到飛蠅(善於表達方能有所獲)。 |
| 457 | Speak little, do much. | 少說多做,行勝於言。 |
| 460 | Strange, that he who lives by shifts, can seldom shift himself. | 怪哉!終日靠投機取巧混日子的人,往往最難以改變自拔於困境。 |
| 470* | Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. | 刻薄之言結交不到知己;一匙甘蜜所能捕捉的蒼蠅,遠多於一加侖苦醋。 |
| 507 | The muses love the morning. | 繆思文藝女神眷愛清晨破曉時分。 |
| 515* | The proof of gold is fire; the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman. | 烈火煉真金,黃金試婦人,婦人驗男子。 |
| 519* | There are no ugly loves, nor handsome prisons. | 情之所鍾無醜婦,身陷囹圄無美景。 |
| 523 | There is no little enemy. | 天下絕無微不足道之仇敵。 |
| 524 | There is no man so bad but he secretly respects the good. | 世上再壞的惡人,內心深處亦會暗自敬佩真正的善者。 |
| 534 | The rotten apple spoils his companion. | 一隻爛蘋果,足以敗壞周遭所有同伴。 |
| 536 | The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer. | 同一個人絕不可能既是真心摯友又是阿諛諂媚之徒。 |
| 543 | The tongue offends, and the ears get the cuffing. | 舌頭口無遮攔惹禍,雙耳反倒挨了巴掌掌摑。 |
| 546* | The way to see by faith, is to shut the Eye of Reason. The morning daylight appears plainer when you put out your candle. | 憑信心眺望之法乃是閉上理性之眼;吹熄微弱燭火之際,清晨日光反倒顯得格外明晰。 |
| 555 | Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose. | 好管閒事插足旁人紛爭打鬥者,往往免不了要擦拭自己被打得鮮血淋漓的鼻子。 |
| 557 | Thou canst not joke an enemy into a friend; but thou may'st a friend into an enemy. | 你絕無法憑開玩笑將仇敵化為朋友;卻極易因不知分寸的玩笑將朋友逼成仇敵。 |
| 559 | Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. | 唯有在其中兩人已命喪黃泉之時,三個人方能守住一個秘密。 |
| 560* | Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife. | 世人最易在三件事物上受騙上當:良駒、假髮與娶妻。 |
| 566 | 'Tis a laudable ambition, that aims at being better than his neighbors. | 立志讓自己的品德修為勝過鄰舍同儕,實為值得稱頌的崇高志向。 |
| 568* | 'Tis a strange forest that has no rotten wood in it, and a strange kindred that all are good in it. | 林莽之中絕無枯木朽木者實屬罕見;宗族親族之中人人皆為純善之輩亦鮮少聽聞。 |
| 569 | 'Tis better leave for an enemy at one's death, than beg of a friend in one's life. | 寧可在臨終時將遺產留給仇敵,亦莫在生前卑躬屈膝向朋友乞憐求助。 |
| 574 | 'Tis great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults, greater to tell him his. | 向朋友吐露自己的缺點是莫大的信任;當面直言指出對方的過失則需要更大的勇氣與信賴。 |
| 586* | Tom, vain's your pains; they all will fail; ne'er was good arrow made of a sow's tail. | 湯姆,白費你的苦心了,終將付諸東流;母豬尾巴上絕造不出鋒利堅韌的良箭。 |
| 587 | Tongue double, brings trouble. | 兩面三刀口是心非,必招致禍端麻煩。 |
| 593 | Two dry sticks will kindle a green one. | 兩根乾燥的柴火,足以引燃一根潮濕的青枝生木。 |
| 595 | Unequal marriages are seldom happy ones. | 門戶不當、心性懸殊的聯姻,鮮少能得享真正幸福美滿。 |
| 596 | Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error. | 不講理智的魯莽匆促急躁,乃是通往謬誤災禍的筆直大道。 |
| 602* | Visit your aunt, but not every day; and call at your brother's, but not every night. | 探望姑母莫每日登門打擾;造訪弟兄莫每晚流連作客。 |
| 612* | What is a butterfly at best? He's but a caterpillar dressed, the gaudy fop's his picture just. | 彩蝶充其量算得上什麼?不過是盛裝打扮的毛毛蟲罷了,恰似那華服俗艷的紈褲子弟之寫照。 |
| 619* | When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it. | 蒙受他人恩惠當銘記在心;施恩濟助他人時當轉身淡忘。 |
| 625 | When reason preaches, if you won't hear her, she'll box your ears. | 當理性苦口規勸講道時你若置若罔聞,理性終將狠狠賞你一記耳光。 |
| 631* | When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth. | 與人交談時直視其雙眼展現真誠,聽人傾訴時注視其口唇展現專注。 |
| 639 | Where yet was ever found the mother, who'd change her baby for another? | 世間何處曾見過有一位親生母親,甘願拿自己的骨肉嬰孩去換取旁人的孩子? |
| 652 | Who judges best of a man, his enemies or himself? | 究竟誰最能看清評判一個人的真實面目?是他的仇敵,還是他自己? |
| 662 | Why does the blind man's wife paint herself? | 眼盲之人的妻子,何苦還要在鏡前描眉敷粉盛裝打扮呢? |
| 663* | You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife. | 你對自己身上的一身缺點過失尚且能寬容容忍,何以容不下結髮妻子身上的一點瑕疵? |
| 667 | You may talk too much on the best subjects. | 縱使是最高尚崇高之絕佳題材話題,亦有可能夸夸多言過猶不及。 |
心理關係:225 條格言(展開網頁文字版)
| 原書編號 | 英文原文 | 中文翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| 4* | Act uprightly, and despise calumny; dirt may stick to a mud wall, but not to polish'd marble. | 行事要正直,且鄙棄誹謗;泥垢或許能沾附在泥牆上,卻黏不上光潔的大理石。 |
| 5 | A cypher and humility make the other figures and virtues of tenfold value. | 零與謙遜能讓其餘的數字與美德增添十倍的價值。 |
| 15 | A good example is the best sermon. | 良好的榜樣是最好的講道。 |
| 17 | A good man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easy. | 善人鮮少心緒不寧,惡人則永無安寧之時。 |
| 21* | A lie stands on one leg, truth on two. | 謊言單腿難立,真理雙腿站穩。 |
| 25 | All blood is alike ancient. | 所有人的血統同樣古老。 |
| 29 | All would live long, but none would be old. | 人人都渴望長壽,卻無人願意衰老。 |
| 30 | A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough. | 漫長的一生未必足夠美好,但美好的一生已足夠漫長。 |
| 31 | A man in a passion rides a mad horse. | 處於盛怒狂熱中的人,猶如騎著一匹瘋狂失控的野馬。 |
| 38 | An empty bag cannot stand upright. | 空囊無法直立,腹中無物者難以自持。 |
| 42 | Anger warms the invention, but over-heats the oven. | 怒火雖能催生急智,卻會把烤爐燒得過熱焦壞。 |
| 43 | An honest man will receive neither [ ... ] nor that is not his due. | 誠實正直的人既不收受〔缺損〕,亦不接受任何非其應得之物。 |
| 45 | An ill wound, but not an ill name, may be healed. | 嚴重的皮肉創傷尚能治癒,敗壞的名聲卻難以痊癒。 |
| 48 | An old man in a house is a good sign. | 家有一老,是興旺祥和的吉兆。 |
| 49 | An old young man will be a young old man. | 年少沉穩謹慎的人,老來依然能精神矍鑠。 |
| 54 | Approve not of him that commends all you say. | 切勿贊同那個對你說的每句話都一味稱好的人。 |
| 57* | Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself. | 你因別人讓你失望而生氣嗎?請記住,連你自己都常常靠不住。 |
| 58 | As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm. | 正如符咒常是無稽之談,荒謬之語有時卻如魔咒般迷惑人心。 |
| 61 | As pride increases, fortune declines. | 傲慢日增,福運必減。 |
| 62* | As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts. | 正如痛處最易遭遇碰撞摩擦,傲慢之人最常蒙受侮辱與冒犯。 |
| 63 | A temper to bear much, will have much to bear. | 越是能忍耐包容的脾性,往往越有數不盡的重擔需要承受。 |
| 65 | As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence. | 正如我們必須為每一句虛浮之言負責,我們亦須為每一次不負責任的沉默做出交待。 |
| 67 | A traveller should have a hog's nose, deer's legs, and an ass's back. | 行旅之人應具備野豬之鼻(不挑粗食)、鹿之快腿(敏捷健行)與毛驢之背(善於負重忍耐)。 |
| 71 | [71號原缺或空白] | 〔本條於原年曆選本中為空缺或未編列〕 |
| 83 | Beware of him that is slow to anger; he is angry for something, and will not be pleased for nothing. | 當心平時不易動怒之人;他一旦動怒必事出有因,且絕不會無端善罷甘休。 |
| 84* | Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship. | 切莫輕忽微小的開支,一處微小的漏洞足以沉沒一艘巨艦。 |
| 88 | Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. | 無所非分奢望之人是有福的,因他永遠不會嚐到失望之苦。 |
| 91 | Calamity and prosperity are the touchstones of integrity. | 逆境災患與順境榮華,皆為檢驗品格操守的試金石。 |
| 96 | Clean your finger, before you point at my spots. | 在用手指指責我的污漬之前,先把你自己的手指擦洗乾淨。 |
| 97 | Clearly spoken, Mr. Fog! You ex- [plain it as well as a blind man does colours] / Greek. | 說得真清楚啊,迷霧先生!你的解釋簡直就像希臘古文般深奧難懂(有如盲人談顏色)。 |
| 101 | Courage would fight, but discretion won't let him. | 勇氣意欲一戰,慎思卻加以阻攔。 |
| 104 | Danger is sauce for prayers. | 危難是祈禱的開胃醬(身處險境祈禱最切)。 |
| 108* | Defer not thy well doing; be not like St. George, who is always on horseback, and never rides on. | 行善休得拖延;莫像聖喬治那樣,整天騎在馬背上卻從不起程。 |
| 110* | Despair ruins some, presumption many. | 絕望毀了一部分人,而自負狂妄毀了更多人。 |
| 117 | Do not do that which you would not have known. | 若要人不知,除非己莫為。 |
| 118 | Do me the favor to deny me at once. | 請幫我個忙,如果辦不到就請立刻當面拒絕我。 |
| 122 | Don't overload gratitude; if you do she'll kick. | 不要對旁人的感恩之心索求無度;過度壓榨,感恩亦會反撲踢人。 |
| 125 | Don't value a man for the quality he is of, but for the qualities he possesses. | 評價一個人,莫看他的門第出身,而要看他所具備的品德才能。 |
| 126 | Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. | 你熱愛生命嗎?那麼切勿浪費光陰,因為時間正是構成生命的材料。 |
| 133* | Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. | 飲食當取悅自胃,穿著當顧及眾人觀感。 |
| 140* | Fear not death ; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal. | 無懼於死亡;因為我們越早離世,享有永生不朽的時間就越長。 |
| 141 | Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else. | 心懷懼怕而不敢作惡,除此之外你便無所畏懼。 |
| 144 | Fly pleasures and they'll follow you. | 避開縱慾享樂,真正的樂趣自會尾隨而來。 |
| 149* | For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day. | 為防年老與窮困,尚有餘力時當及早儲蓄;清晨的朝陽絕不可能普照一整天。 |
| 151* | For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost ; for want of a horse the rider is lost. | 缺了一枚鐵釘,掉了一隻馬蹄鐵;缺了一隻馬蹄鐵,折了一匹戰馬;缺了一匹戰馬,喪了一名騎士。 |
| 155 | Generous minds are all of kin. | 寬宏豁達的心靈,四海之內皆屬同道同族。 |
| 157 | Gifts burst rocks. | 重禮贈予,頑石亦開(禮多能化解頑固障礙)。 |
| 160* | Glass, china, and reputation are easily crack'd, and never well mended. | 玻璃、瓷器與個人的名譽皆極易碎裂,且一旦受損永難完全修復。 |
| 163 | God helps them that help themselves. | 天助自助者。 |
| 167 | Grace thou thy house, and let not that grace thee. | 讓你的品德令居所生輝,莫指望光鮮的居所來為你臉上貼金。 |
| 171 | Great famine when wolves eat wolves. | 當惡狼開始自相殘食之時,天下必逢罕見大飢荒。 |
| 173* | Great merit is coy, as well as great pride. | 過人的卓越功績往往含蓄靦腆,巨大的自負傲慢亦常佯作矜持。 |
| 174 | Great modesty often hides great merit. | 極度的謙遜之中,往往深藏著非凡的德才卓越。 |
| 179 | Half the truth is often a great lie. | 半真半假之言,往往正是天大的謊言。 |
| 183 | Happy Tom Crump, ne'er sees his own hump. | 自得其樂的駝背湯姆,從來看不見自己背上的駝峰(人往往對自身缺陷盲目樂觀)。 |
| 184 | Haste makes waste. | 欲速則不達,忙亂必生浪費。 |
| 186 | Have you somewhat to do to-morrow; do it to-day. | 若你明日尚有待辦之事,今日便著手完成。 |
| 191 | He has chang'd his one ey'd horse for a blind one. | 他把一匹單眼瞎的馬換成了雙眼全瞎的馬(愈換愈糟、得不償失)。 |
| 192 | He has lost his boots, but sav'd his spurs. | 他丟失了整雙長靴,卻只保住了靴後微不足道的馬刺。 |
| 194 | He is ill clothed, who is bare of virtue. | 缺乏美德修養之人,縱有錦衣華服亦形同赤身裸體。 |
| 196 | He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill-breeding in others. | 若無法包容忍耐旁人的粗魯無禮,自身亦談不上有良好教養。 |
| 204 | He that best understands the world, least likes it. | 最洞悉人情世故者,往往最不喜歡這個世界。 |
| 210 | He that can have patience can have what he will. | 凡能堅忍有耐心者,終能得其所欲。 |
| 212 | He that cannot obey, cannot command. | 不懂得順服服從之人,亦無法妥善發號施令。 |
| 213 | He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. | 能善於安歇調適內心者,偉過於攻城掠地的將領。 |
| 214 | He that can travel well afoot, keeps a good horse. | 善於健行徒步跋涉者,形同隨身擁有一匹良駒。 |
| 215 | He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not. | 行不當為之事者,終將品嚐不願承受的苦果。 |
| 216 | He that drinks fast, pays slow. | 痛飲猛喝急躁者,償付酒帳往往拖拉遲緩。 |
| 217 | He that drinks his cyder alone, let him catch his horse alone. | 自個兒獨飲蘋果酒的人,任憑他獨自一人去追捕逃跑的馬匹。 |
| 228 | He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and let t'other go. | 同時追捕兩隻野兔的人,絕不會只捉住一隻而放跑另一隻(而是兩手空空)。 |
| 229 | He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now. | 決心日後才痛改前非者,其實就是下定決心現在絕不改正。 |
| 230 | He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business by night. | 晚起遲延之人整天必須快步奔波,且到夜幕低垂亦難以趕上當日進度。 |
| 231 | He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. | 沿途播撒荊棘者,自己切莫赤腳行走。 |
| 232* | He that's content hath enough; he that complains has too much. | 知足者分量已足,抱怨怨懟者手中所得反倒過甚。 |
| 234 | He that sows thorns, should never go barefoot. | 播種蒺藜荊棘之人,絕不該赤足行路。 |
| 239 | He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. | 坐等命運好運降臨者,連今晚的晚餐都毫無著落。 |
| 241 | He that would catch fish, must venture his bait. | 若想捕獲肥魚,就必須捨得下魚餌去冒險。 |
| 245 | He that would travel much, should eat little. | 凡欲長途行萬里路者,日常飲食當力求節約清淡。 |
| 253 | How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults. | 世上能擁有足夠勇氣坦然承認自身過失之人,何其稀少。 |
| 260 | If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. | 凡人若能實現自己一半的願望,所得的煩惱憂患亦將加倍。 |
| 268 | If you'd be belov'd, make yourself amiable. | 若想獲得眾人喜愛,先讓自己變得和藹可親。 |
| 269 | If you desire many things, many things seem but a few. | 你若貪得無厭渴求過多,眼前所擁有的諸般事物便會顯得微不足道。 |
| 271* | If you'd have it done, go; if not, send. | 若真想將事情辦妥,親自前往;若無關緊要,方才差遣他人。 |
| 274 | If you do what you would not, you must hear what you would not. | 若肆意妄為做出非分醜事,就休怪旁人說出令你難堪逆耳之言。 |
| 276 | If you have time don't wait for time. | 手頭既然尚有時間,切莫坐等明日時機。 |
| 278 | If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. | 腦袋若是由蜂蠟做成的,就別在炎炎烈日下行走(人當深知自身脆弱限度)。 |
| 279* | If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light. | 騎馬時坐鞍要穩實緊夾,差遣駕馭下屬部眾時當寬和寬鬆莫過度苛求。 |
| 293 | In success be moderate. | 身處順境成功之際,舉止心性當力求節制謙和。 |
| 295 | In the affairs of this world men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it. | 在塵世的人情世故中,人們之所以得救保全,往往不是靠輕信,而是靠不輕信的戒心。 |
| 297 | Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy? | 世上難道還有什麼事情,比人們費盡心機自討苦吃令自己不幸更投入的嗎? |
| 298 | It is better to take many injuries, than to give one. | 寧可蒙受諸多傷害,亦切莫施加一次傷害於他人。 |
| 301 | It is not leisure that is not used. | 未被妥善利用的空閒,算不上真正的閒暇。 |
| 304 | It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. | 世上最輕而易舉的事,莫過於自欺欺人。 |
| 305 | Jack Little sow'd little, and little he'll reap. | 小傑克播種得少,收穫自然也少(付出微薄,收穫寥寥)。 |
| 306* | Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming. | 使亞麻遠離火苗,使青年遠離賭博。 |
| 307* | Keep thou from the opportunity, and God will keep thee from the sin. | 遠離受誘惑的機會,上主自會保守你免於罪愆。 |
| 319* | Let all men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly; men freely ford that see the shallows. | 讓世人認識你,但切莫讓任何人完全看透你;一眼望見淺灘之處,人人皆能肆意涉水而過。 |
| 320 | Let every new year find you a better man. | 願每一個新年來臨之際,你都成為一個更好的人。 |
| 324 | Let thy vices die before thee. | 在你壽終正寢之前,先讓身上的諸般惡習徹底死去。 |
| 329 | Little rogues easily become great ones. | 微不足道的小賊,極易演變為罪大惡極的巨寇。 |
| 330 | Little strokes fell great oaks. | 斧鑿細微,終倒巨櫟(水滴石穿,繩鋸木斷)。 |
| 331 | Look before, or you'll find yourself behind. | 未雨綢繆向前看,否則轉眼便落於人後。 |
| 333 | Love, and be loved. | 去愛他人,並讓自己值得被愛。 |
| 337 | Love well, whip well. | 愛之深,責之切(嚴加管教乃真愛)。 |
| 344 | Many a meal is lost for want of meat. | 許多正餐無疾而終,只因鍋中無米肉可下。 |
| 348 | Many foxes grow grey, but few grow good. | 許多狐狸毛髮漸白變老,卻鮮少有變得善良本分的。 |
| 357* | Men and melons are hard to know. | 人心與甜瓜,皆難以從外表看透好壞。 |
| 358* | Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible? | 人們對眼前可感知的具體事物尚且每日爭辯不休,又豈能在不可見的玄妙之事上達成共識? |
| 359* | Men meet, mountains never. | 人生何處不相逢,高山相隔永不移。 |
| 360 | Men often mistake themselves, seldom forget themselves. | 人們往往誤判自己,卻鮮少忘記替自己的私利打算。 |
| 361 | Men take more pains to mask than mend. | 人們寧願費盡心機掩飾自身的過失,也不願痛下決心加以改正。 |
| 372* | Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them. | 淡然蔑視能化解傷害,伺機報復只會加劇傷害。 |
| 373 | Neglect mending a small fault, and 'twill soon be a great one. | 輕忽微小的過失不予匡正,不久便將釀成不可收拾的大禍。 |
| 374 | Neither praise nor dispraise, till seven Christmasses be over. | 在未共同度過七個聖誕節之前,切莫輕易對人妄加褒貶。 |
| 376* | Never praise your cyder, horse, or bedfellow. | 切勿在人前誇耀你的蘋果酒、坐騎或是同床伴侶。 |
| 383 | None are deceived but they that confide. | 唯有輕信託付之人,才會落入被欺瞞受騙的境地。 |
| 384* | None know the unfortunate, and the fortunate do not know themselves. | 無人願意結識潦倒不幸之輩,而春風得意之徒往往連自己是誰都認不清。 |
| 385 | None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. | 沒有誰比微小的螞蟻更能做出精彩的講道,而它終日勤懇一言不發。 |
| 386 | No resolution repenting hereafter, can be sincere. | 凡是將悔改痛改前非推託至未來的決心,絕非出自真心實意。 |
| 389 | Nothing drys sooner than a tear. | 世上乾涸得最快的,莫過於傷痛的眼淚。 |
| 390 | Nothing humbler than ambition, when it is about to climb. | 野心在正欲向上攀爬之際,表現得比任何事物都更加謙卑順從。 |
| 392 | Nothing so popular as goodness. | 世上沒有任何事物,比真誠的善良更能深得人心。 |
| 396 | Observe all men; thyself most. | 留心觀察所有人;而最需要嚴加省察的,乃是你自己。 |
| 399 | O Lazy-bones ! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them. | 哎呀,懶骨頭!上天若非本意要你活動勞作,又怎會賜給你這雙手雙腳呢? |
| 401 | Old young and old long. | 年少時懂事沉穩,到老方能長壽康寧。 |
| 403 | One may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than everybody else. | 一個人或許能比另一個人精明,但絕不可能比所有人都更精明。 |
| 404* | One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults. | 一個改過自新者抵得上兩個挑剔挑錯者,而一個挑錯者好過兩個製造過錯者。 |
| 405 | One to-day is worth two to-morrows. | 一個今天,抵得上兩個明天。 |
| 406* | Onions can make ev'n heirs and widows weep. | 洋蔥的辛辣,連得繼承遺產的繼承人與寡婦都能逼出眼淚。 |
| 408 | Pardoning the bad, is injuring the good. | 姑息寬恕惡徒,實為傷害欺凌良善。 |
| 418 | Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. | 讚譽名不副實之人,乃是最嚴厲刻薄的譏諷。 |
| 419 | Pray, don't burn my house to roast your eggs. | 求求你,別為了烤熟你那幾顆雞蛋而燒毀我的整座宅院。 |
| 420 | Prayers and provender hinder no journey. | 虔誠祈禱與備足糧草,絕不會耽誤任何行程。 |
| 421 | Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running. | 狂妄自大先蒙蔽人的雙眼,隨後驅使他在盲目中狂奔墜崖。 |
| 425 | Pride dines upon vanity, sups on contempt. | 傲慢午間以虛榮為食,晚間則以蔑視輕侮果腹。 |
| 427 | Pride gets into the coach, and shame mounts behind. | 傲慢昂首跨上四輪馬車,羞恥已悄悄尾隨登於其後。 |
| 428 | Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst. | 切莫張揚你所深知的一切、所欠的一切、所擁有的一切,以及所能做到的一切。 |
| 441* | Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. | 在他人身上探求美德,在自己身上省察惡習過失。 |
| 445 | Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. | 既然連一分一秒都難以預料掌握,就切莫虛擲浪費一個時辰。 |
| 454 | Sorrow is good for nothing but sin. | 憂傷除卻對自身罪愆深切悔悟之外,於事無補。 |
| 461* | Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed; strive to be the best, and you may succeed; he may well win the race that runs himself. | 爭當國中顯赫權勢第一人或將大失所望;立志做個品德最純善之人終能成功;超越自我者必贏得賽跑。 |
| 462 | Success has ruin'd many a man. | 一時僥倖成功,往往毀了許多人的心性前程。 |
| 464 | Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one. | 心存戒心猜疑或許無傷大雅,但公然顯露猜忌往往是莫大過失。 |
| 466 | Take courage, mortal; death can't banish thee out of the universe. | 凡人當振作勇氣;死亡亦無法將你驅逐於這浩瀚宇宙之外。 |
| 467 | Take heed of the vinegar of sweet wine, and the anger of good-nature. | 當心甘甜美酒變質成的酸醋,當心好脾氣老實人的雷霆之怒。 |
| 473 | Tell me my faults, and mend your own. | 且直言指出我的不足,同時切記匡正你自己的過失。 |
| 477 | The bird that sits, is easily shot. | 久棲不動的飛鳥,最易被獵人射中。 |
| 480 | The cat in gloves catches no mice. | 戴手套的貓抓不到老鼠(拘泥虛矯難成大事)。 |
| 484 | The discontented man finds no easy chair. | 怨天尤人心緒不寧之人,天下無處可令他安坐舒泰。 |
| 486 | The end of passion is the beginning of repentance. | 狂熱激情的終點,往往正是痛苦懊悔的起點。 |
| 487* | The excellency of hogs is fatness, of men virtue. | 豬隻之卓越在於肥碩體魄,世人之卓越則在於崇高美德。 |
| 488 | The eye of a master, will do more work than his hand. | 主人的督導監督之眼,遠比自己的雙手能成就更多事務。 |
| 490 | The favor of the great is no inheritance. | 權貴權臣的眷顧青睞,絕非可世代承襲的恆產。 |
| 492 | The golden age never was the present age. | 世人理想中的黃金時代,從來不在當下這個時代。 |
| 497* | The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasures; the knave takes pleasures, and then suffers pains. | 正直之人先歷經艱辛而後得享安樂;奸邪之徒先肆意縱樂而後蒙受無盡痛苦。 |
| 498* | The honey is sweet, but the bee has a sting. | 甘蜜固然甜美,但蜜蜂亦有利刺傷人。 |
| 499 | The horse thinks one thing, and he that saddles him another. | 牲口駿馬自有一番打算,為其配備馬鞍的主人則另有所謀。 |
| 504 | The master's eye will do more work than both his hands. | 主人的督導監督之眼,能比其雙手成就更多的事工。 |
| 509 | The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it? | 世間最崇高崇偉的發問莫過於:我在這世上究竟能行何等善事? |
| 516 | The proud hate pride in others. | 心懷傲慢之人,最痛恨旁人身上的傲慢。 |
| 521* | There are three things extremely hard, steel, a diamond and to know one's self. | 世上有三件事物極度堅硬難解:精鋼、鑽石以及自知之明。 |
| 525 | There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him. | 效法善人的德行,與假冒善人的偽善,兩者判若雲泥。 |
| 526 | There's a time to wink as well as to see. | 既有洞若觀火之時,亦當有閉目包容之刻。 |
| 529 | There's none deceived but he that trusts. | 若非輕信託付,無人會落入受騙陷阱。 |
| 530 | There's small revenge in words, but words may be greatly revenged. | 口舌口角之爭算不上復仇,但妄言卻極易招致沉重的報復。 |
| 531 | There was never a good knife made of bad steel. | 劣質粗鋼之中,從未造出過一柄鋒利好刀。 |
| 532 | They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing. | 心中本無憂患之事者,往往會為了芝麻蒜皮無端自尋煩惱。 |
| 537 | The sleeping fox catches no poultry. | 貪睡昏睡的狐狸,捉不到任何家禽獵物。 |
| 539 | The sting of a reproach is the truth of it. | 責備話語之所以令人刺痛難忍,正因其句句屬實。 |
| 544 | The too obliging temper is evermore disobliging itself. | 過度迎合討好旁人的脾性,往往最是在委屈折磨自己。 |
| 548 | The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise. | 馬車上最破損糟糕的車輪,往往發出最大的噪音喧響。 |
| 549* | The wolf sheds his coat once a year, his disposition never. | 野狼一年蛻換一次毛皮皮毛,但其嗜血殘暴的本性永世不改。 |
| 550* | Think of three things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. | 深思三件事:你從何處而來、正往何方而去,以及最終必須向誰交賬負責。 |
| 552* | Tho' modesty is a virtue, bashfulness is a vice. | 謙遜固然是一種美德,過度靦腆怯弱卻是一種缺陷。 |
| 553 | Those that have much business must have much pardon. | 事務繁多日理萬機之人,理應得到眾人更多的包容體諒。 |
| 554 | Those who are fear'd, are hated. | 令人心生恐懼畏懼之人,必招致世人深切痛恨。 |
| 556 | Tho' the mastiff be gentle, yet bite him not by the lip. | 大獒犬縱使溫順馴服,亦切莫去咬扯它的嘴唇招惹其怒。 |
| 561* | Tim and his handsaw are good in their place, tho' not fit for preaching or shaving a face. | 提姆與其手鋸在木工作坊各得其所,若用來登台講道或剃鬚理容則大謬不然。 |
| 562 | Time enough always proves little enough. | 口口聲聲自以為時間充裕者,事到臨頭往往發覺時間捉襟見肘。 |
| 567 | 'Tis a shame that your family is an honor to you ! You ought to be an honor to your family. | 若僅靠門第家聲為你臉上貼金實為羞恥!你應當成為整個家族的榮耀。 |
| 570 | 'Tis easier to build two chimneys, than maintain one in fuel. | 砌築兩座壁爐煙囪容易,長年為一座壁爐備足柴火卻艱難得多。 |
| 571 | 'Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. | 防範惡習陋習滋生容易,破除戒絕陳年惡習卻極為艱難。 |
| 572 | 'Tis easy to see, hard to foresee. | 目睹眼前既成事實容易,未雨綢繆洞見先機卻極為不易。 |
| 573 | 'Tis easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. | 壓制最初的一絲非分私慾容易,滿足其後隨之而來的無窮貪慾卻不可能。 |
| 576* | 'Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings. | 節省微薄瑣碎之開支損耗無傷大雅,為蠅頭小利卑躬屈膝逢迎才真正有失體統。 |
| 577 | 'Tis not a holiday that's not kept holy. | 未能恪守虔敬聖潔之日,算不上真正的節期聖日。 |
| 579 | To bear other people's afflictions, every one has courage enough, and to spare. | 承受旁人的痛苦磨難與災厄,人人都有用不完的充沛勇氣(事不關己高高掛起)。 |
| 583* | To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish. | 犯錯乃凡人之常情,悔改乃神聖天性,執迷不悟作惡到底則屬魔鬼心性。 |
| 585 | To-morrow every fault is to be amended; but that to-morrow never comes. | 人人口稱明日定當改過自新;然而那個「明天」卻永不降臨。 |
| 588 | Too much plenty makes mouth dainty. | 過度優渥豐足驕縱,嘴巴自會變得挑肥揀瘦挑剔挑嘴。 |
| 592 | Trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. | 信任自己自立自持,旁人便無法欺瞞背叛於你。 |
| 594 | Under-take not what thou canst not perform, but be careful to perform what thou hast undertaken. | 力所不及之事切莫輕率承攬,一旦應允承諾之事則務必恪盡全力完成。 |
| 598 | Use makes perfectness. | 熟能生巧,實踐出真知。 |
| 599 | Vain-glory flowereth, but beareth no fruit. | 虛榮浮誇雖能繁花似錦,卻從不結出切實碩果。 |
| 600 | Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on a mask. | 邪惡心知自身醜陋不堪,因而總是戴著偽善面具示人。 |
| 603 | Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge. | 粗心大意漫不經心給我們帶來的損害,遠多於知識匱乏本身。 |
| 604 | Wars bring scars. | 戰火兵燹,必留創傷疤痕。 |
| 607 | Weighty questions ask for deliberate answers. | 茲事體大的重大議題,需要深思熟慮的審慎答覆。 |
| 608 | Welcome, mischief, if thou comest alone. | 若不幸厄運當真形單影隻獨自前來,倒還算不幸中的大幸。 |
| 609 | Well done is better than well said. | 做得好,勝過說得動聽。 |
| 610 | Well done, is twice done. | 一次將事情徹底辦妥,勝過事後返工反覆折騰。 |
| 613* | What's given shines, what's receiv'd is rusty. | 慨然施予餽贈之物光芒四射,伸手收受索討之物黯淡銹蝕。 |
| 614 | What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things. | 若不知曉萬物事理的本質真相,空記一堆外在名稱又有何意義? |
| 615 | What signifies your patience, if you can't find it when you want it. | 臨到需要隱忍之際若尋不著耐心蹤影,平時自命有耐心又有何益? |
| 617 | What you would seem to be, be really. | 你渴望在世人眼中呈現何等模樣,便切實讓自己成為何等樣人。 |
| 620* | When death puts out your flame, the snuff will tell, if we were wax or tallow by the smell. | 死神熄滅你生命燭火之際,殘燭熄滅之氣味自會揭示我們是尊貴白蠟抑或劣質牛脂。 |
| 621 | When knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied. | 當奸邪惡徒自相背叛殘害之時,前者談不上多加指責,後者亦無絲毫值得同情憐憫。 |
| 623 | When out of favor, none know thee; when in, thou dost not know thyself. | 失勢失寵潦倒之際,無人相識認得你;得勢受寵春風得意之時,你連自己是誰都認不清。 |
| 624 | When prosperity was well mounted, she let go the bridle, and soon came tumbling out of the saddle. | 順境榮華高居駿馬之際若鬆開韁繩得意忘形,轉瞬便會自馬鞍上狼狽翻落墜地。 |
| 626 | When there's more malice shown than matter, on the writer falls the satire. | 文章若通篇惡意詆毀而缺乏實質事理,辛辣的譏諷終將反噬在作者自己頭上。 |
| 627 | When the well's dry, we know the worth of water. | 唯有水井枯竭乾涸之際,我們方知清泉之珍貴價值。 |
| 630 | When you're good to others, you are best to yourself. | 善待包容他人之際,實乃對自己最大的善待與恩惠。 |
| 632 | When you taste honey, remember gall. | 品嚐甘露甘蜜之際,當常存戒心憶起苦膽之辛澀。 |
| 640* | Wide will wear, but narrow will tear. | 寬厚耐磨長久實用,狹隘緊繃必致破裂碎裂。 |
| 641* | Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones. | 對旁人微不足道的過失不妨眨眼包容;切記你自己身上尚有莫大罪愆缺陷。 |
| 642 | Wish not so much to live long as to live well. | 與其一味祈求長命百歲,不如祈求活得充實正直善良。 |
| 646 | Who has deceived thee so oft as thyself? | 世間欺瞞欺騙你最多次的人,何曾有過旁人?唯有你自己! |
| 647 | Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. | 何人稱得上真正強大有力量?能駕馭克制自身情慾私慾者。 |
| 650 | Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. | 何人稱得上真正堅強剛毅?能克制戰勝自身不良惡習者。 |
| 654 | Willows are weak, but they bind the faggot. | 細柳枝條看似纖細柔弱,卻能緊緊捆紮起整捆柴火木柴。 |
| 660* | Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. | 將旁人施加於你的傷害怨懟寫在風中塵土裡,將他人施予你的深厚恩澤鐫刻在大理石上。 |
| 664 | You may be too cunning for one, but not for all. | 你或許能憑狡黠精明瞞過一個人,但絕不可能瞞過全天下所有人。 |
| 665 | You may delay, but time will not. | 你或可蹉跎拖延遲滯,時光光陰卻絕不會為你停下半步。 |
| 668 | You may sometimes be much in the wrong, in owning your being in the right. | 有時僅僅因自己據理力爭硬要證明自己完全正確,反而落入了莫大的過失境地。 |
| 669* | Youth is pert and positive, age modest and doubting; so ears of corn when young and light, stand bolt upright, but hang their heads when weighty, full, and ripe. | 青年氣盛傲慢且自以為是,暮年沉穩謙遜而心存審慎;猶如穀物穗頭年幼輕盈時昂然直立,結實沉甸飽滿之際則謙卑垂首。 |
教育:99 條格言(展開網頁文字版)
| 原書編號 | 英文原文 | 中文翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | A house without woman and firelight, is like a body without soul or sprite. | 沒有女人與爐火的房屋,猶如沒有靈魂或生氣的軀體。 |
| 32 | A man without a wife, is but a half a man. | 沒有妻子的男人,只不過是半個人。 |
| 33 | A man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place. | 不拘禮節客套的人,必須具備過人的真才實德來補足。 |
| 36 | A modern wit is one of David's fools. | 自命現代聰敏之人,不過是大衛詩篇中的愚頑之輩。 |
| 39* | A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error, though Clodpate won't allow either. | 新的真理依然是真理,舊的謬誤終究是謬誤,縱使愚漢頑固不化兩者皆不認可。 |
| 40 | Anger and folly walk cheek by jole; repentance treads on both their heels. | 憤怒與愚昧並肩而行,悔恨則緊踩在兩者的腳後跟上。 |
| 41 | Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. | 發怒從不缺少藉口,但鮮少有正當充足的理由。 |
| 56 | A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. | 問心無愧的人,縱使雷聲轟鳴亦能安然入睡。 |
| 70 | Bad commentators spoil the best of books. | 拙劣的註釋者,往往會糟蹋毀壞最優秀的名著。 |
| 74* | Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors. | 與自己的惡習宣戰,與身邊的鄰舍和睦。 |
| 75 | Beauty and folly are old companions. | 美麗與愚昧自古便是形影不離的同伴。 |
| 76 | Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. | 無知並不可恥,不願虛心學習才是真正的羞恥。 |
| 77 | Ben beats his pate, and fancys wit will come; but he may knock, there's nobody at home. | 班敲著自己的腦袋,幻想靈感智慧會降臨;然而他儘管叩門,腦中空空如也無人在家。 |
| 81 | Better slip with foot than tongue. | 失足跌跤猶可挽回,失言失態禍患難消。 |
| 82 | Beware, beware! He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear. | 戒之!慎之!凡有能力肆無忌憚欺瞞行事者,行騙時絕無道德顧忌。 |
| 109 | Deny self for self's sake. | 為了自身的長遠福祉,當學會克制自我私慾。 |
| 123 | Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog. | 莫想著用一條獵犬同時追捕兩隻野兔。 |
| 135 | Ever since follies have pleased, fools have been able to divert. | 自古荒唐愚行能悅人以來,蠢人便總能供人取樂逗趣。 |
| 136* | Every man has assurance enough to boast of his honesty, few of their understanding. | 人人都自信滿滿誇耀自己的誠實,卻鮮少有人敢誇耀自己的理解洞察力。 |
| 137 | Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other. | 經驗是一所學費高昂的學校,但愚人非得碰得頭破血流才肯在其中學習。 |
| 146 | Fools make feasts, and wise men eat 'em. | 愚人張羅大排筵席,智者從容赴席品嚐。 |
| 147 | Fools multiply folly. | 蠢人往往只會衍生出更多愚蠢。 |
| 148* | Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it. | 愚人最需要良言相勸,但唯有智者才能從建言中真正獲益。 |
| 152 | Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility. | 友誼無法在虛偽客套中共存,亦不能缺少基本的謙遜禮貌。 |
| 159* | Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cyder. | 請給我昨日之麵包(易於消化)、今日之鮮肉(新鮮甘美)與去年之蘋果酒(陳釀香醇)。 |
| 164 | God, parents, and instructors, can never be requited. | 上蒼、父母與良師之恩德,永世難以全報。 |
| 165 | Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want. | 健全的明智判斷是人人都需要、極少數人具備,卻無人自認欠缺之物。 |
| 172 | Great good-nature, without prudence, is a great misfortune. | 毫無戒心慎思的一味老好人性情,實為莫大的不幸禍患。 |
| 180 | Half wits talk much but say little. | 一知半解的半吊子話說得最多,卻毫無實質內容。 |
| 185 | Harry Smatter, has a mouth for every matter. | 不學無術的哈利,對天下任何事情都能插嘴瞎聊。 |
| 199 | Here comes the orator, with his flood of words, and his drop of reason. | 瞧那位雄辯演說家走來了,口吐滔滔字句洪流,腹中卻只有一滴可憐的理性。 |
| 200 | He's a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom. | 不懂得收斂隱藏自身鋒芒智慧的人,終究只算個蠢材。 |
| 208 | He that can bear a reproof, and mend by it, if he is not wise, is in a fair way of being so. | 能虛心接受責備並引以為戒改過者,縱使當下尚未明智,也已走在通往智慧的捷徑上。 |
| 209 | He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books. | 能克制自持內心心性者,遠比只會著書立說之人更加明智。 |
| 211 | He that cannot bear with other people's passions, cannot govern his own. | 無法包容旁人脾氣偏執者,往往也難以克制自己的情緒。 |
| 218 | He that falls in love with himself, will have no rivals. | 盲目自戀愛上自己的人,身邊絕不會有競爭對手。 |
| 225 | He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas. | 與狗同眠者,起身必沾滿跳蚤(近墨者黑)。 |
| 263 | If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty. | 你若具備機智與學問,當進一步添上明智與謙遜。 |
| 264 | If thou injurest conscience, it will have its revenge on thee. | 你若違背傷害了良知,良知終將對你展開嚴厲的報復。 |
| 265* | If thou would'st live long, live well ; for folly and wickedness shorten life. | 若想求得長壽,當先活得正直向善;因為愚昧與作惡最能折損壽命。 |
| 281 | If you would be loved, love and be lovable. | 若想得到旁人關愛,當先學會去愛並做個值得被愛之人。 |
| 283 | If you would have guests merry with cheer, be so yourself, or so at least appear. | 若想讓滿堂賓客開懷盡興,主人自己當率先愉悅,或至少流露歡顏。 |
| 285 | If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. | 若不想在死後腐朽之際立刻被世人遺忘,要麼寫下值得後人研讀的篇章,要麼做出值得後人記載的功績。 |
| 290 | Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten. | 惡劣的陋習與有害的餿主意,往往最難以被人徹底遺忘。 |
| 300* | It is ill-manners to silence a fool, and cruelty to let him go on. | 當面打斷蠢人說話是失禮無教養,任由蠢人繼續出醜饒舌則是殘酷無情。 |
| 302* | It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal it. | 不去探聽他人秘密是明智,不洩漏已知秘密是誠實。 |
| 317* | Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master. | 當向能工巧匠求教;閉門自學者,無異於拜了個愚人為師。 |
| 325 | Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely. | 慷慨不在於餽贈之巨,而在於餽贈得當、施與得宜。 |
| 364 | Most fools think they are only ignorant. | 多數蠢人都自以為自己只不過是一時無知而已。 |
| 365 | Most of the learning in use, is of no great use. | 世俗流行的大多數學問,實際上並無太大用處。 |
| 366* | Most people return small favors, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with ingratitude. | 多數人對微小恩惠予以回報,對中等恩惠口頭稱謝,對莫大厚恩卻往往以忘恩負義相報。 |
| 375 | Never intreat a servant to dwell with thee. | 切莫懇求苦留去意已決的僕人繼續為你效力。 |
| 394 | No wood without bark. | 樹木皆有樹皮包裹,金無足赤人無完人。 |
| 398 | Of learned fools I have seen ten times ten ; of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred. | 滿腹經綸的讀書蠢才我見過百人,而目不識丁的通達智者我也見過百人。 |
| 411 | Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion. | 哲學思潮正如時髦服飾一般,經常變換風尚流行。 |
| 422 | Pretty and witty, will wound if they hit ye. | 貌美若再加上伶俐機鋒,一旦命中便能令人深感刺痛。 |
| 431* | Proud modern learning despises the ancient. School-men are now laughed at by school-boys. | 狂妄的現代學問輕視古代經典;昔日飽學名儒如今反倒被黃口學童嘲弄。 |
| 434* | Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. | 讀書使人充實,沉思使人深邃,辯論交流使人明晰。 |
| 435 | Read much, but not many books. | 讀書宜精讀深思,莫貪圖卷帙浩繁而浮光掠影。 |
| 439 | Samson with his strong body, had a weak head, or he would not have laid in a harlot's lap. | 參孫縱有蓋世神力之軀,卻無清明洞察之腦,否則斷不致耽溺於妓女膝上。 |
| 443* | Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly. | 沉默未必皆為智慧之象徵,但喋喋不休妄言永遠是愚昧的印記。 |
| 446* | Singularity in the right, hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. | 自命不凡堅持己見毀了許多人;能與眾人明智共識協調者實屬幸運。 |
| 452 | Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise. | 有人善於觀測氣象知時節,有人則糊里糊塗一竅不通。 |
| 459 | Strange! that a man who has wit enough to write a satire, should have folly enough to publish it. | 怪哉!具備足夠機智寫出諷刺文章之人,竟會愚蠢到將其公開發表。 |
| 465* | Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water. | 飲酒暢談時可廣納各方建議,但飲清泉水冷靜之後再做決斷定奪。 |
| 471 | Teach your child to hold his tongue, he'll learn fast enough to speak. | 教導孩子學會克制謹言慎行,張嘴說話他自會學得飛快。 |
| 474 | The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. | 缺席不在場者從不缺指責挑剔,在場者從不缺辯解脫罪之詞。 |
| 475* | The ancients tell us what is best, but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest. | 古人告訴我們何為至善至美,但我們必須向當代人汲取何為最切合時宜。 |
| 478 | The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse, when cowards and fools shew no mercy. | 勇者與智者既能憐憫亦善體諒,唯有懦夫與蠢才毫不留情冷酷無情。 |
| 482* | The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone. | 狡詐之徒鋌而走險盜馬,明智之人遠離是非任其自受其果。 |
| 485 | The doors of wisdom are never shut. | 智慧的大門永遠敞開,從不向好學者關閉。 |
| 489 | The family of fools is ancient. | 愚頑蠢材之族系,自古以來源遠流長。 |
| 494 | The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife. | 一生之福禍休咎,往往繫於擇妻娶婦之善惡賢愚。 |
| 495* | The heart of the fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart. | 蠢人的心全懸在嘴上口無遮攔,智者的嘴則深藏心底深思熟慮。 |
| 496 | The heathens when they dy'd, went to bed without a candle. | 異教徒在氣絕謝世之際,猶如走入黑夜中熄滅了燭火。 |
| 502 | The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned; but still 'tis nonsense. | 有學問的蠢人能用更華麗文雅的詞藻寫出胡說八道;然而胡說終究還是胡說。 |
| 506 | The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine. | 最精緻極致的愚蠢,往往出自鑽牛角尖、紡得過細的聰明智慧。 |
| 508 | The nearest way to come to glory, is to do that for conscience which we do for glory. | 通往榮耀的最近捷徑,乃是出於純潔良知去躬行我們為求榮耀所做的一切。 |
| 510* | The old man has given all to his son; O fool! to undress thyself before thou art going to bed. | 老人將所有家產早早全數分給兒子;真是個蠢才!何苦在就寢前便將衣裳脫個精光。 |
| 518 | There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit. | 世上沒有哪種蠢人比稍具機智小聰明的蠢人更惹人生厭難纏。 |
| 527 | There're many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies. | 世上有諸多看似機智靈巧之人,其才智卻連填飽自己的肚子都辦不到。 |
| 541 | The things which hurt, instruct. | 令我們蒙受痛楚之事,往往最能教導啟迪我們。 |
| 547 | The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies, than the fool from his friends. | 智者自仇敵身上獲取的益處,遠多於蠢人自朋友身上所得。 |
| 551 | Thirst after desert, not reward. | 當汲汲追求自身的真才實學與美德價值,而非汲求外在名利賞賜。 |
| 580* | To be intimate with a foolish friend, is like going to bed with a razor. | 與愚昧魯莽的朋友過從甚密,猶如攜帶著一把出鞘的剃刀同床共枕。 |
| 582 | To-day is yesterday's pupil. | 今天乃是昨天的學生(今日當記取汲取昨日的教訓)。 |
| 590 | Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that have not wit enough to be honest. | 詭計多端與背信棄義乃愚蠢之輩的伎倆,因其欠缺足夠智慧去做個誠實正直之人。 |
| 611 | We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct. | 我們或能給予旁人良言規勸,卻無法代為約束其言行操守。 |
| 616* | What's proper is becoming; see the blacksmith with his white silk apron. | 合宜得體方顯美觀;瞧瞧那鐵匠若繫上白絲綢圍裙該多麼滑稽突兀。 |
| 629 | When 'tis fair, be sure take your coat with you. | 天朗氣清出門之際,務必記得隨身帶上外套大衣(未雨綢繆)。 |
| 635 | Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting. | 若缺乏健全常識與明智理性,眼前擁有一切亦形同匱乏一無所有。 |
| 638 | Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. | 若有缺乏真愛的功利婚姻,周遭必衍生出婚姻之外的不倫之愛。 |
| 644 | With the old almanack and the old year, leave thy old vice, tho' ever so dear. | 伴隨著舊曆書與舊歲月的翻篇,當痛下決心拋棄身上的陳年惡習,縱使它曾多麼令你難以割捨。 |
| 651 | Who is wise? He that learns from every one. | 何人稱得上真正明智有智慧?虛懷若谷能向遇見的每個人求教學習者。 |
| 653 | Who knows a fool, must know his brother; for one will recommend another. | 結識了一個蠢人,必能順藤摸瓜認得其弟兄同類;因為蠢人之間總是互相推崇引薦。 |
| 657 | Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning. | 言辭或能彰顯一個人的伶俐機鋒,實際作為方能流露其真實意圖企圖。 |
| 658 | Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please. | 若想得享心靈寧靜自在從容,行你所當為之本分,莫隨心所欲放縱私慾。 |
| 661* | Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar. | 執筆撰文當如飽學鴻儒般嚴謹雅正,開口說話講道則當如市井黎民般通俗易懂。 |
| 666 | You may give a man an office, but you cannot give him discretion. | 你或能提拔任命一個人官職職位,卻無法賦予他處事的明智審慎與通達判斷。 |
健康:53 條格言(展開網頁文字版)
| 原書編號 | 英文原文 | 中文翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | A full belly is the mother of all evil. | 飽食終日是諸般罪惡之母。 |
| 14 | A full belly makes a dull brain. | 過飽的肚子造就遲鈍的頭腦。 |
| 20 | A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. | 學識淵博的蠢材比無知的蠢材更加不可救藥。 |
| 85* | Beware of meat twice boil'd, and an old foe reconcil'd. | 當心二次回鍋的水煮肉,以及重新示好和解的昔日宿敵。 |
| 86* | Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. | 當心經驗尚淺的年輕醫生,以及手力顫抖的年邁理髮匠。 |
| 87 | Blame-all and praise-all are two block heads. | 事事皆挑剔指責者,與事事皆盲目吹捧者,皆屬不可救藥的蠢才。 |
| 93* | Changing countries or beds, cures neither a bad manager, nor a fever. | 更換國度或更換床第,既治不好拙劣的管理能力,也退不了體內的重熱高燒。 |
| 94 | Cheese and salt meat should be sparingly eat. | 乳酪與醃鹹肉應當節制食用,多食無益。 |
| 116* | Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him ; forgiving, it sets you above him. | 傷害他人使你居於仇敵之下;以牙還牙只不過與他扯平;唯有寬恕,方能使你超然凌駕於其上。 |
| 127 | Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster. | 借酒消愁愁不滅,反倒澆灌憂愁,使其滋長得更為迅速。 |
| 128* | Drink water ; put the money in your pocket, and leave the dry-bellyache in the punch-bowl. | 且飲清水吧;把銀錢留在口袋裡,將絞痛的酒後腹疾丟在酒碗之中。 |
| 130* | Drunkenness, that worst of evils, makes some men fools, some beasts, some devils. | 酗酒乃惡中之最,它令某些人變為蠢蛋,令某些人淪為禽獸,更令某些人化為惡魔。 |
| 131 | Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. | 早睡早起,使人健康、富有且聰慧。 |
| 132 | Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines. | 晚餐少食,所需藥物自少。 |
| 162 | God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. | 妙手回春乃上主醫治,醫生只是收取診金。 |
| 201 | He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir. | 立醫生為遺產繼承人的人,是天底下最大的傻瓜。 |
| 203 | He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines. | 深知多數藥物無濟於事的醫生,才是最高明的良醫。 |
| 235 | He that speaks ill of the mare, will buy her. | 嫌棄挑剔母馬毛病的人,往往正是真正想買下它的人。 |
| 237* | He that spills the rum loses that only; he that drinks it, often loses both that and himself. | 打翻蘭姆酒者僅損失那點酒水;痛飲蘭姆酒者往往既賠了酒又喪失了自己。 |
| 254 | Hunger is the best pickle. | 飢餓是最佳的開胃佐料。 |
| 255 | Hunger never saw bad bread. | 飢腸轆轆時,從未見過難吃的麵包。 |
| 266 | If wind blows on you thro' a hole, make your will and take care of your soul. | 若暗風自隙縫孔穴直吹汝身,當立遺囑並預備好靈魂(警惕穿堂隙風致病)。 |
| 296 | I saw few die of hunger, of eating 100,000. | 我鮮少見過因飢餓而亡者,因暴飲暴食致死者卻有十萬之眾。 |
| 299* | It is ill jesting with the joiner's tools, worse with the doctor's. | 隨意拿木匠的鋒利刀斧開玩笑是不智的,拿醫生的藥品刀具胡亂擺弄則更加致命。 |
| 310 | Keep your mouth wet, feet dry. | 保持口腔潤澤(適度飲水),保持雙腳乾燥。 |
| 346 | Many dishes, many diseases. | 杯盤佳餚過度繁多,諸般病症應運而生。 |
| 350 | Many medicines, few cures. | 藥方琳瑯滿目,良藥治癒者寥寥無幾。 |
| 367* | Much virtue in herbs, little in men. | 草木草藥多具靈效美質,世人之中卻鮮見高尚美德。 |
| 377 | Never spare the parson's wine, nor the baker's pudding. | 神父的陳釀葡萄酒與麵包師傅的布丁,切莫客氣放手享用(享用他人盛情無需拘謹)。 |
| 378 | Nice eaters seldom meet with a good dinner. | 挑肥揀瘦挑剔挑嘴之人,鮮少能遇上一頓合心意的美饌。 |
| 379 | Nick's passions grow fat and hearty ; his understanding looks consumptive. | 尼克的私慾情欲日漸肥碩健旺,他的理性見識卻顯得病骨支離骨瘦如柴。 |
| 380 | Nine men in ten are suicides. | 十人之中有九人,皆是因不良習性暴飲暴食而在慢性自我毀滅。 |
| 391 | Nothing more like a fool, than a drunken man. | 世間最像蠢才的,莫過於醉得神智不清的酒鬼。 |
| 407* | Pain wastes the body; pleasures the understanding. | 肉體病痛消耗形軀,沉溺享樂則銷蝕心智理解。 |
| 412 | Plough deep, while sluggards sleep. | 趁懶漢昏睡時深耕細作,收穫時節自得豐稔。 |
| 414 | Poor Dick eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick. | 窮理查吃得像個壯漢健康人,喝得卻像個久病臥床者(節制少飲)。 |
| 423* | Pride and the gout are seldom cur'd throughout. | 傲慢與痛風,自古皆極罕徹底根治痊癒。 |
| 433 | Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a breakfast. | 寧可空腹飢腸就寢,亦莫為了張羅早餐而負債背累。 |
| 436* | Retirement does not always secure virtue; Lot was upright in the city, wicked in the mountain. | 歸隱避世未必能長保美德;羅得在喧囂城中尚能正直,退隱山中反倒行事敗壞。 |
| 447 | Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it. | 不食晚餐便入眠,翌晨醒來便無欠債負擔之憂。 |
| 483 | The devil sweetens poison with honey. | 魔鬼總用甜美甘蜜包裹致命毒藥。 |
| 500 | The idle man is the devil's hireling; whose livery is rags, whose diet and wages are famine and diseases. | 怠惰懶散者乃是魔鬼雇用的差役;其制服是襤褸襤衫,其伙食與酬勞則是飢饉與重疾。 |
| 528 | There's more old drunkards, than old doctors. | 世上的老酒鬼,往往比年邁的老名醫還要多見。 |
| 535 | The royal crown cures not the headache. | 璀璨的王者王冠,亦治不好帝王的偏頭痛。 |
| 542 | The tongue is ever turning to the aching tooth. | 舌頭總是忍不住去舔舐那顆正在作痛的患齒。 |
| 545 | The way to be safe, is never to be secure. | 長保萬全安全的良策,乃是永不自以為高枕無憂。 |
| 558 | Three good meals a day is bad living. | 一日三餐皆享豐盛大餐暴食,乃是損害身心健康的糟糕生活。 |
| 563 | Time is an herb that cures all diseases. | 歲月光陰是一劑靈草,能撫平治癒世間一切創痛疾苦。 |
| 581* | To be proud of knowledge, is to be blind with light; to be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the antidote. | 恃才矜智傲慢者猶如被強光刺盲雙眼;居功自矜美德者形同拿解毒良藥毒害自己。 |
| 584 | To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. | 若想延年益壽,當縮減節制每餐的飲食。 |
| 597 | Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough. | 起來吧,懶漢,莫再虛擲生命光陰;來日長眠於墳墓之中,自有睡不完的覺。 |
| 605* | We are not so sensible of the greatest health as of the least sickness. | 我們對頂峰旺盛的健康往往麻木不仁,對微不足道的微恙微疾卻極其敏感不安。 |
| 628 | When the wine enters, out goes the truth. | 杯酒入肚神智不清之際,真實真理便悄然溜走。 |
社會公義:52 條格言(展開網頁文字版)
| 原書編號 | 英文原文 | 中文翻譯 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | A countryman between two lawyers, is like a fish between two cats. | 夾在兩位律師之間的鄉下人,就像夾在兩隻貓之間的一條魚。 |
| 16 | A good lawyer, a bad neighbor. | 精明的律師往往是糟糕的鄰居。 |
| 19 | A lean award is better than a fat judgment. | 菲薄的和解裁決,勝過豐厚的法庭判決。 |
| 35 | A mob's a monster; heads enough, but no brains. | 烏合之眾是一頭怪物:頭顱雖多,卻沒有腦袋。 |
| 44 | An hundred thieves cannot strip one naked man, especially if his skin's off. | 一百個強盜也剝光不了一個赤裸的窮漢,尤其當他連皮都已脫落之時。 |
| 46 | An innocent plowman is more worthy than a vicious prince. | 清白勤勉的農夫,遠比作惡多端的王子更具價值。 |
| 68 | At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. | 勤奮勞動者的家門前,飢餓只敢在窗外張望,卻不敢踏入半步。 |
| 69* | At 20 years of age the will reigns; at thirty the wit; at 40 the judgment. | 二十歲意氣當道,三十歲機智風發,四十歲方見明智與判斷。 |
| 78 | Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, and countenance. | 對於毫不費力且無需成本之事(如以禮待人、給予良言、展現和顏悅色),切莫過於吝嗇。 |
| 95* | Children and princes will quarrel for trifles. | 孩童與君王,往往都會為了微不足道的瑣事而爭吵不休。 |
| 106 | Death takes no bribes. | 死神從不收受賄賂。 |
| 111* | Different sects like different clocks, may be all near the matter, though they don't quite agree. | 不同教派就如不同的時鐘,雖然走時不完全一致,但大抵相去不遠。 |
| 119* | Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst. | 稍有微恙莫急著求醫,偶有齟齬休隨便找律師,口渴時切勿動輒借酒澆愁。 |
| 121* | Don't misinform your doctor nor your lawyer. | 切莫向你的醫生隱瞞病情,亦莫對你的律師提供虛假陳述。 |
| 138 | Eyes and priests bear no jests. | 眼睛經不起揉弄,僧侶神職容不得開玩笑。 |
| 154 | Full of courtesy, full of craft. | 禮數過於周全,心機必多詭詐。 |
| 181 | Happy that Nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting. | 歷史平靜缺乏波瀾戲劇性者,實乃真正幸福之邦國與幸運之時代。 |
| 244 | He that would rise at court, must begin by creeping. | 凡欲在朝廷宮廷平步青雲者,往往須先從卑躬屈膝開始。 |
| 248* | Hold your council before dinner; the full belly hates thinking as well as acting. | 商議要事當在正餐之前;酒足飯飽的肚子既討厭動腦深思,亦懶於付諸行動。 |
| 291* | "I'll warrant ye", goes before rashness; "Who'd-a-tho't" comes sneaking after. | 「我向你拍胸脯保證」總走在魯莽涉險之前;「誰能料得到會這樣」則鬼鬼祟祟尾隨於後悔之時。 |
| 311* | Kings and bears often worry their keepers. | 君王與狗熊,往往最令伺候看管他們的人提心吊膽。 |
| 312* | Kings have long arms, but misfortune longer ; let none think themselves out of her reach. | 君王的權勢之手雖長,厄運的手卻更加漫長;無人能自認凌駕於厄運之外。 |
| 314* | Laws like to cobwebs, catch small flies, great ones break through before your eyes. | 法律猶如蛛網,只能捕捉微小的飛蠅,龐然巨蟲卻能在你眼前破網而出。 |
| 315* | Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. | 過於寬鬆的法律鮮少有人遵守;過於嚴苛的法律則鮮少能切實執行。 |
| 341* | Mad kings and mad bulls, are not to be held by treaties and packthread. | 瘋狂的君王與發狂的公牛,絕非條約協議與細麻繩所能羈絆約束。 |
| 345 | Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment. | 許多人抱怨自己記性不好,卻鮮少有人抱怨自己的判斷力不足。 |
| 349 | Many have quarrel'd about religion, that never practiced it. | 許多人為了宗教教義爭執不休,自己卻從未在生活中身體力行過信仰。 |
| 351 | Many princes sin with David, but few repent with him. | 許多君王如同大衛一般犯罪墮落,卻鮮少能如大衛那般痛徹悔改。 |
| 368 | Necessity has no law; I know some attorneys of the same. | 迫於無奈別無法則(窮則思變);我也認得幾位毫無底線法紀的律師正是如此。 |
| 369 | Necessity has no law; Why? Because, 'tis not to be had without money. | 迫於無奈別無法則;何以見得?因為若無金錢,法律連邊都沾不上。 |
| 395* | No workman without tools, nor lawyer without fools, can live by their rules. | 工匠無工具便無法立足,律師若無蠢材供其玩弄便難以依章謀生。 |
| 437 | Rob not for burnt offerings. | 切莫以不義劫掠之物,充作獻祭上蒼的燔祭。 |
| 438* | Rob not God, nor the poor, lest thou ruin thyself; the eagle snatched a coal from the altar, but it fired her nest. | 切莫侵奪上主或窮人的微物免招自焚;母鷹掠走祭壇上的炭火,反倒燒毀了自己的巢穴。 |
| 442* | Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. | 莫為換取財富而出賣美德,莫為換取權力而出賣自由。 |
| 453 | Some make conscience of wearing a hat in the church, who make none of robbing the altar. | 有人在教堂戴帽尚覺違背良知,卻對劫掠祭壇之重罪毫不在乎。 |
| 458* | Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king; the meanest bee hath, and will use, a sting. | 上至君王下至奴僕切莫輕侮任何人;縱使最微小的蜜蜂亦有利刺,且必會螫人。 |
| 463* | Sudden power is apt to be insolent, sudden liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually. | 驟得權勢易致專橫狂妄,驟得自由易生放肆傲慢;循序漸進滋長之物舉止最為得體。 |
| 469* | Talking against religion is unchaining a tiger; the beast let loose may worry his deliverer. | 妄議詆毀宗教信仰猶如解開惡虎鎖鏈;猛獸脫困往往反噬搭救之人。 |
| 476 | The bell calls others to church, but itself never minds the sermon. | 教堂洪鐘召喚萬民赴禮拜,自己卻從不聽進講道一句話。 |
| 481 | The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. | 債權人乃是極度迷信的教派,對約定的良辰吉日時刻嚴格恪守不誤。 |
| 501 | The king's cheese is half wasted in parings; but no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk. | 國王乳酪的半數在削皮切屑中浪費殆盡;然而無妨,反正那全是由百姓的脂膏乳汁所製成。 |
| 503* | The magistrate should obey the laws, the people should obey the magistrate. | 長官理應恪守法律,人民則應服從長官。 |
| 511* | The painful preacher, like a candle bright, consumes himself in giving light. | 苦口婆心的傳道人猶如一盞明燭,燃燒耗盡自己以照亮世人。 |
| 514 | The prodigal generally does more injustice than the covetous. | 揮霍無度者所招致的不義侵害,往往遠多於慳吝貪婪之人。 |
| 533* | The rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at top. | 在湍急河流與腐敗政權之中,最浮躁輕薄之物往往漂浮在最頂層。 |
| 589 | To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell. | 你將心底秘密吐露給何人,你便將自己的自由販賣拱手相讓予何人。 |
| 622* | When knaves fall out, honest men get their goods; when priests dispute, we come at the truth. | 奸邪惡徒內訌反目,正直之人失物復得;神職僧侶爭端辯駁,凡人方能得見真理真貌。 |
| 634 | Where good laws are, much people flock thither. | 法度清明律法健全之邦,萬民必欣然趨之若鶩湧入。 |
| 636 | Where there's no law, there's no bread. | 失去法紀秩序保障之地,連最基本的溫飽口糧亦無處著落。 |
| 637* | Where there is hunger, law is not regarded; and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger. | 飢荒匱乏之處法度難以推行遵守;而蔑視法紀綱常之地必將迎來飢饉饑荒。 |
| 643 | Without justice courage is weak. | 缺乏正義公理主持之勇氣,終究脆弱無力難成大器。 |
| 670* | You will be careful, if you are wise; how you touch men's religion, or credit, or eyes. | 明智之人必謹小慎微戒懼恐懼:切莫輕易觸碰冒犯他人的信仰、信譽信用,或是旁人脆弱的眼睛。 |
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以上內容依使用者提供的 Excel 附件轉錄,保留原始翻譯與分類,未將 AI 整理視為已逐條校訂的學術版本。底本為 1914 年版《貧理查年曆》,原版無 ISBN;現代重印參考版 ISBN 9780880889186,版本不同。
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