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第27章 人 品 Character (4)

Kindness cannot be bought for gear.

善良的人决不会坑人,驯良的马决不会甩掉骑手。

He is a gentle horse that never casts his rider.

善良的心比王冠更宝贵。

Kind hearts are more than coronets.

善良是社会团结的金纽带。

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

善良之花永不凋零。

Unfading are the gardens of kindness.

善有善报。

Kindness always begets(引起) kindness.

One never loses by doing a good turn.

善有善报,恶有恶报。

One good turn deserves another. One ill turn deserves another.

Sow virtue, and the harvest will be virtue, sow vice and the harvest will be vice.

As the life is, so is the end.

Such a life, such a death.

善者必胜。

Virtue will triumph.

善者助人,尽其所能。

Kindness will creep here it may not go.

伤天害理,天诛地灭。

Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason.

少时纯洁老邪恶。

Young saints, old devils.

身正不怕影子斜。月亮何怕狗吠?

Qhat does the moon care if the dog barks at her?

声名狼藉者认识的人,远不如认识他的人多。

More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.

胜利中战胜自我的人,等于胜利了两次。

He conquers twice who conquers himself in victory.

失去名誉等于失去生命。

Loss of honor is loss of life.

失去品格等于失去一切。

When character is lost, all is lost.

失去信誉便失去了一切。

He who loses credit can lose nothing further.

事与愿违。良好的愿望为通向地狱铺路。

The hell is paved with good intentions.

水中可见自己面,酒醉可见他人心。

In water you may see your face; in wine the heart of another.

谁愿意为大家冒风险?

Who will bell the cat

顺境显邪恶,逆境见美德。

Prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues.

说谎和偷盗是近邻。

Lying and stealing are next-door neighbors.

说谎是偷盗的开始。

Show me a liar, and I will show you a thief.

说谎是迈向断头台的第一步。

Lying is the first step to the gallows.

说实话就是战胜邪恶。

Speak the truth and shame the devil.

贪得无厌,得寸进尺。

Much will have more.

贪得无厌必然心术不正。

It is hard for a greedy eye to have a loyal heart.

贪得无厌往往一场空。

Much wants more and loses all.

贪婪为万恶之源。

Covetousness is the root of all evil.

贪婪障人目。

Avarice blinds our eyes.

贪婪者胳膊长。

Greedy folks have long arms.

贪婪者害人更害己。

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

坦率朋友多,木直用处多。

A straightforward man has a large number of friends; a straight piece of timber has a variety

of uses.

坦率乃批评之最亮的明珠。

Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

坦率招怨。

Candor breeds hatred.

天塌下来也要主持正义。

Justice must be done even if the sky falls.

天下乌鸦一般黑。

In every country dogs bite.

同行是冤家。

The herring-man hates the fisherman.

偷鸡不成蚀把米。弄巧成拙

Go for wool and come home shorn.

Many go out for wool and come home shorn.

偷听者往往听到别人对自己的贬低。

Listeners hear no good of themselves.

图吃图穿者,常把坏事做。

Those who eat best and drink best often do worst.

挖苦的话只有魔鬼才说。

Sarcasm is the language of the devil.

外善内奸。

A fair face may hide a foul heart.

纨绔子弟不如叫花子。

Gentility(出身高贵)without ability is worse than plain beggary

万事流逝,只有美举与日月同辉。

Good deeds remain, all things else perish.

Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.

忘恩负义。

The river past and God forgotten.

忘恩负义是傲慢的产儿。

Ingratitude is the child of pride.

唯利是图者见利忘义。有奶就是娘。

He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.

唯利是图者心中无美德。

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

为权势效力的人很多。

Kings have many ears and many eyes.

文如其人。

A bad shearer never had a good sickle.

An ill shearer never got a good hook.

A worker is known by his work.

As is the workman, so is the work.

A carpenter is known by his chips.

As is the gardener, such is the garden.

A bird may be known by its song.

A bird is known by its note, a man by his talk.

Like author, like book.

Such author, such work.

Like carpenters, like chips

Such carpenters, such chips.

Like workman, like work.

The style is the man.

The work shows the workman.

The bird is known by his note, the man by his words.

闻其言而知其人。

As the man is, so is his talk.

问心无愧,高枕无忧。

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

问心无愧,打雷也能睡。

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

问心无愧,事事开心。

A clear conscience is absolutely essential to happiness.

A good conscience is a constant / continual feast.

问心有愧者无需他人谴责。

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

问心有愧者总要自我谴责。

A guilty conscience is self-accuser.

我们自己的行为是我们的安全,不需要别人评判。

Our own actions are our security, not others’ judgements.

无德的美人只是乏味的酒。

A fair woman without virtue is like palled wine.

无功得名是常事,无过失名也常见。

Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault.

无礼是隐蔽的骄傲。

Insolence is pride masked.

无私才能无畏。

Do right, and then you will not fear anybody.

喜欢黑暗而不喜欢光明的人,行为都是邪恶的。

Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

献媚者伪君子也。

A flatterer, a hypocrite.

小人凑在一起臭味相投。

Pigs love that lie together.

小偷不改必成大贼。

He that will steal a pin will steal a better thing.

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

邪念祸殃其身。

Evil to him who / that evil thinks.

心地纯洁者有福。

Blessed are the pure in heart.

心怀叵测的人是可耻的。

Disgraced may be he who thinks ill.

信誉比金钱重要。

Credit is better than gold.

信誉是资本。

Credit is capital.

信誉像一面镜子,一旦破了是无法重圆的。

Credit, like a looking-glass, broken once, is gone, alas!

信誉者可走遍天下。

Credit keeps the crown of causeway(道路).

行恶者夜里睡不安。

A bad day never hath a good night.

行善就是积德。

To be virtuous is to do good.

行善就像爬山一样需要努力。

To do good is like climbing a hill—it requires effort.

行为美才是真美。

Handsome is that / as handsome does.

行为说明人的为人。

The deed proves the man.

姓名来自祖先,荣誉来自美德。

From our ancestors come our names, from our virtues our honors.

虚荣可以开花,但绝不会结果。

Vain glory blossoms but never bears.

Vainglofy is a flower that bears no corn.

虚荣是苦恼的根源。

Vaniry will prove vexation(烦恼).

虚荣是傻瓜的食粮。

Vainity is the food of fools.

虚伪是邪恶向美德表示的敬意。

Hypocrisy is a homage that vice pays to virtue.

虚伪者几乎不讲真话。

False tongue will hardly speak truth.

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后。

Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he has reached his culminating point – he will progress no more.

需要使人贪婪。

Need makes greed.

许多人口是心非。

Many a one says well that things ill.

许愿就像欠债。

Promise is debt.

雪中送炭真君子。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

言必信,行必果。

Be true in word and resolute in deed.

言必行。

Practice what you preach.

言如其人。

Conversation makes one what he is.

Speech shows what a man is.

言行之间距离大。

From words to deeds is a great space.

严以律己,宽以待人。

Pardon all but thyself.

要敢于承担责任。

Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.

要见义勇为。

Be ready to take up the cudgels(棍棒)for a just cause.

要人前人后都一样。

Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.

要享乐,必须付出代价。要跳舞,必须付乐师钱。

If you dance you must pay the fiddler(小提琴手).

要享受就得先吃苦头。

He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.

He who would gather honey must bear the stings of bees.

要想人不知,除非己莫为。