It is better to satisfy our hunger than to be clothed in purple.
与其穿紫色衣服,不如充饥。
It is better to satisfy our hunger than to be clothed in purple.
与其穿紫色衣服,不如充饥。
It is better to turn back than to persevere in an evil course.
回头总比在恶道上恒心强。
It is but fair that he who requires indulgence for his own offences should grant it to others.
为自己的过错而要求宽恕的人,应该宽恕他人,这是公平的。
It is cruel to refer to those things which cause sorrow.
提及那些引起悲伤的事情是残忍的。
It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him.
生魔鬼容易,灭魔鬼难。
It is easier to run from virtue to vice, than from vice to virtue.
从善到恶比从恶到善更容易。
It is easier to win good luck than to retain it.
赢得好运气比留住好运气容易。
It is easy to set a cask a rolling. [To influence a fool.]
把桶摇起来很容易。(影响一个傻瓜。)
It is inexcusable to have remained long away, and return empty-handed.
离开那么久,却空手而归,这是不可原谅的。
It is more wicked to love a sin than to commit one.
爱罪恶比犯罪更邪恶。
It is never too late to ask what time it is.
问现在几点永远不嫌晚。
It is never too late to learn.
活到老,学到老。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢,犹未为晚。
It is no advantage for a man in fever to change his bed.
发烧的人换床是没有好处的。
It is no business of mine; may it go to the devil!
这不关我的事;愿它见鬼去吧!