英语人生箴言(英汉对照)

书摘
Sow seed——but let no tyrant reap;
Find wealth——let no impostor heap;
Weave robes——let not the idle wear;
Forge arms——in your defense to bear.
By oppression' s woe and pains,By your sons in servile chains,We will drain our dearest veins But they shall be free!
Tread on a worm, and it will turn.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle,And it soft as silk remains.
The dust raised by the sheep does choke the wolf.
A mighty man never wanted a weapon.
Put a coward to his mettle, and he'll fight the devil.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
Hunger fetches the wolf out of the wood.
Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. (Hungry dogs will eat dirty pudding. )
Hunger is the best sauce.
Nothing comes wrong to the hungry.
Nearest the king, nearest the widdie. ( Kings and bears often worry their keepers. )
Kings go mad, and the people sufter from it.
He that eats the king's goose, shall be choked with the feathers.
Nothing that is violent is permanent.
Extreme heat gives rise to wind; poverty gives rise to a desire for change.
播你的种子，但是别让暴君收获；探你的宝藏，但是别让骗子侵夺；织你的礼服，但是别给懒虫穿着；造你的武器，为自卫而紧紧地握着。
凭着受压迫人民的苦难，凭着孩子们身上的锁链，我们发誓要流尽宝贵的鲜血，但求他们得解放。
哪里有压迫，哪里就有反抗。
对荨麻，你若是轻柔地抚摸它，它会立即螫痛你的手；你若是拿出勇气抓住它，它就会柔软得像丝绸。
绵羊踢起的尘土，无助于对付豺狼。
坚强的人不怕找不到武器。
胆小鬼如能得到激发，他也会同魔鬼作战。
绝境会给懦夫以勇气。
饥饿催狼出林。
饥不择食。
饥者甘食。
饥饿当头，无事不可为。
伴君如伴虎。
谁吃国王的鹅，谁就会被鹅毛噎死。
但凡暴政，无一久长。
热极生风，穷则思变。
New brooms sweep clean.
If a man thrives, all thrive with him.
He that buys magistracy must sell justice.
The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
The highest branch is not the safest roost.
High places have their precipices.
Out of offce, out of danger.
He that lies on the ground can fall no lower, latin Proverb
War is mischief upon largest scale.
Making peace is harder than making war. A. Stevenson
When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all counties
everywhere is in danger. F.D. Roosevelt
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.
War is Death's feast.
When war begins, hell opens.
Who preaches war is the devil's chaplain.
Peace makes plenty.
Dry bread is better with love, than a fat capon with fear.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of
preserving peace. Washington
An army marches on its stomach.
In time of peace, prepare for war.
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
When guns speak it is too late to argue.
Losers are always in the wrong.
New lords, new laws.
He that fights and runs away
Lives to fight another day.
Put your foot down where you mean to stand.
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