經(jīng)典諺語:知識與智慧-T

Take a pain for a pleasure all wise men can.
［譯］智者能視苦為樂。
The ass waggeth his ears.
［注解］waggeth = wags.
［譯］驢子搖耳朵，傻瓜裝聰明。
The devil knows many things because he is old.
［譯］老馬識途。
The eye is blind if the mind is absent.
［譯］心不專則眼不明。
The fool talks, and the wise man thinks.
［譯］蠢人嘴巴講，聰明人用心想。
The German's wit is in his fingers.
［譯］德國人的智慧體現(xiàn)在手指上。
The greatest clerks are not the wisest men.
［注解］出自拉丁語。clerk職員，辦事員。在此句中意為scholar，學(xué)者。
［譯］最偉大的學(xué)者不一定都是最精明的人；學(xué)問最多未必智慧也最多。
The less wit a man has, the less he knows that he wants it.
［譯］頭腦越無知，越不懂得自己缺少才智。
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
［譯］勤學(xué)與貪財，兩者合不來；貪財不愛學(xué)，勤學(xué)不貪財。
The lowly are most intelligent; the elite are most ignorant.
［注解］lowly作形容詞，前面加the指卑賤、低下的人。the elite 高貴者。
［譯］卑賤者最聰明，高貴者最愚蠢。
The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance.
［注解］出自中國《禮記》。
［譯］學(xué)然后知不足。
The pen is mightier than the sword.
［注解］指文字要比武力具有更大的威力。
［譯］筆比劍更鋒利；文能勝武。
The readers need never know lonely hours so long as they have books around them, and the better the books the more delightful the company.
［譯］只要手頭有書，讀書人就從來不知寂寞。書越好，讀來越是津津有味。
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
［注解］語出《圣經(jīng)·箴言》第14章第8節(jié)。prudent謹慎的，深謀遠慮的。deceit欺詐。
［譯］通達人的智慧，在乎明白己道；愚昧人的愚妄，乃是詭詐。
The wise get all the knowledge they can, but when fools speak, trouble is not far off.
［注解］語出《圣經(jīng)·箴言》第10章第14節(jié)。
［譯］智慧人積存知識，愚妄人的口速致敗壞。
The wise head doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.
［譯］巧手不按蠢嘴說的辦。
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
［譯］智者從敵人身上得到的利益比愚者向朋友學(xué)到的要多。
The wise man is always a good listener.
［譯］智者善聽人言。
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
［譯］清者自清，濁者自濁。
The wise man must carry the fool on his shoulders.
［譯］聰明人必須把傻子扛在肩上；蠢人是智者的負擔(dān)。
The wiser head gives in.
［譯］聰明人懂得退讓。
There is no royal road to learning.
［注解］the royal road指國王經(jīng)過的路——御道總是修得特別平坦好走，暢通無阻。所以a royal road to anything意為做成某事的皇家大道，指不費勁又無阻力的道路；而知識必須靠苦學(xué)才能獲得，并無一蹴而就的捷徑或坦途可走。
［譯］書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。
Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established.
［注解］語出《圣經(jīng)·箴言》第24章第3節(jié)。
［譯］房屋因智慧建造，又因聰明立穩(wěn)。
To a wise man one word is enough.(or A word is enough to the wise.)
［注解］出自拉丁語。
［譯］智者一言已足；明理人不用細說。
To listen is to learn, and to understand is to inspire.
［譯］聆聽就是學(xué)習(xí)，理解就能激發(fā)靈感。
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
［譯］學(xué)問太多催人老。
True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing.
［譯］真正的智慧是知道最值得知道的事情和做最值得做的事情。
Two heads are better than one.
［注解］指集思廣益。
［譯］三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮。