民族智慧藏于谚语中--名人名言集锦

        A proverb is much matter decocted into few words.

　　—Fuller

　　谚语就是许多事实熬成的少许几个字。

　　——富勒(英国)

　　Proverbs are short sentences drawn¹ from long experience.

　　—Cervantes

　　谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。

　　——塞万提斯(西班牙)

　　The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs which are brief and pithy².

　　—William Penn

　　民族之智慧蕴藏于其简短而有力的谚语中。

　　——威廉-佩恩(英国)

　　Collection of famous quotes and collection of mottoes are the most important treasure of the society.

　　—Geothe

　　名言集和格言集是社会最宝贵的财富。

　　——歌德(德国)

　　Thoughts and mottoes can beautify one's soul, exactly the way flowers can beautify one's room.

　　—Kapiew

　　思想和格言可以美化灵魂，正如鲜花可以美化房间一样。

　　——卡皮也夫(俄国)

　　Mottoes are blurted³ out from the wisdom of philosphers.

　　—Wofnage

　　格言是由哲学家的机智中迸发而出的。

　　——沃夫纳日(法国)

　　Good mottoes are hard enough to stand the test of time. Not only that, it can give us nourishment⁴ at any time, though they are nibbled⁵ for several thousands of years, they are still fresh.

　　—Nietzsche

　　好的格言，坚硬到时光之牙也无法咬断。不仅如此，在任何时代都能提供营养，历经数千年的蚕食，仍然不枯。

　　——尼采(德国)

　　Mottoes are words sensed only by those who have rich experience of life, exactly like the art which can't reach the peak of perfection without skill.

　　—Chamfort

　　格言是需要有丰富的处事经验者才可能感悟出来的话，就如艺术需要熟练方可登峰造极一样。

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 pithy   

adj.(讲话或文章)简练的

参考例句：

• Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.他们中很多人特别赞扬了影片精炼的对白。
• His pithy comments knocked the bottom out of my argument.他精辟的评论驳倒了我的论点。

3 blurted   

v.突然说出，脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She blurted it out before I could stop her. 我还没来得及制止，她已脱口而出。
• He blurted out the truth, that he committed the crime. 他不慎说出了真相，说是他犯了那个罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 nourishment   

n.食物，营养品；营养情况

参考例句：

• Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
• He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。

5 nibbled   

v.啃，一点一点地咬（吃）( nibble的过去式和过去分词 )；啃出（洞），一点一点咬出（洞）；慢慢减少；小口咬

参考例句：

• She nibbled daintily at her cake. 她优雅地一点一点地吃着自己的蛋糕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Several companies have nibbled at our offer. 若干公司表示对我们的出价有兴趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》