Handsome is as handsome does.
[譯]行為漂亮才漂亮。
Hardly shall you find anyone so bad but he desires the credit of being thought good.
[注解]credit 信譽(yù),榮譽(yù)。
[譯]很難找到哪個(gè)人會(huì)墮落到不希望人們對(duì)他有個(gè)好印象。
He gives twice that (or who) gives in a trice.
[注解]源自拉丁語(yǔ)。trice瞬間,頃刻。in a trice及時(shí),馬上。比喻及時(shí)幫助效益大。
[譯]助人及時(shí)等于助人兩次;急人所急。
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
[譯]先自嘲者,不會(huì)見(jiàn)笑于人;先自嘲者才能免受譏笑。
He that is full of himself is very empty.
[注解]人若十分自恃,必定十分無(wú)知。
[譯]妄自尊大,腹中空空。
He that knows others is learned, and he who knows himself is wise.
[注解]語(yǔ)出中國(guó)古代哲學(xué)家Laoze(老子)。
[譯]知人者智,自知者明。
He that once deceived is ever suspected.
[譯]騙人一次,受疑一世。
He that would know what shall be must consider what has been.
[注解]指欲知將來(lái)如何,必須考慮自己的過(guò)去。
[譯]欲知未然,須思已然。
He who digs a pit for others, falls in himself.
[注解]dig a pit for為(某人)挖陷阱。
[譯]為他人挖陷阱,自己會(huì)先掉進(jìn)去;害人反害己。
He who denies all confesses all.
[譯]欲蓋彌彰。
He who laughs at crooked men should walk very straight.
[注解]比喻正人先正己。
[譯]要笑別人駝背,先把自己的身子挺直。
He who touches pitch will be defiled. (or You can't touch pitch without being defiled.)
[注解]指環(huán)境對(duì)人有很大影響。勸人不可與壞人同流合污。詞組touch pitch指參與干壞事,與壞人有瓜葛。引申為“近墨者黑”。
[譯]與瀝青打交道哪能保持干凈;與壞人為伍必染其惡。
Hide nothing from your minister, physician, and lawyer.
[注解]意指對(duì)神父、醫(yī)生、律師隱瞞實(shí)情,會(huì)傷害自己的靈魂、身體,還有財(cái)產(chǎn)。
[譯]對(duì)神父、醫(yī)生和律師,事事都要講清楚。
Honesty is the best policy.
[譯]誠(chéng)實(shí)才是上策;做人要誠(chéng)實(shí),做事要踏實(shí)。
Human pride is human weakness.
[譯]驕傲是人類的弱點(diǎn)。
Humility is the foundation of all virtues.
[譯]謙遜是一切美德的基礎(chǔ)。