经典谚语:道德与思想-C

Caution is the parent of safety.
［译］谨慎是安全之母。
Character is what you are in the dark.
［译］暗处最能反映一个人的真正品格。
Children and fools tell the truth. (or Children and fools cannot lie.)
［注解］孩子幼稚，傻瓜迟钝，他们一般不会说慌。
［译］孩子和傻子口中无诈语。
Children are what the mothers are.
［译］耳濡目染，身教言传。
Civility cost nothing.
［注解］汉语谚语也说：“舌头打个滚，叫人不折本”；“礼多人不怪”。
［译］待人文明礼貌，却不花费分文。
Conscience is an instinct to judge ourselves in the light of moral laws. It is not a mere faculty; it is an instinct.
［注解］in the light of意为按照，根据。faculty本领，能力。instinct 本能，天性。
［译］良知是一种依靠道德来批判自己的本能。它不只是一种能力，还是一种本能。
Conceit may puff a man up, but it can never prop him up.
［注解］puff膨胀，prop支撑，支持。
［译］自高自大可以使一个人膨胀，但不能支撑住他。
Conversation makes one what he is.
［译］言如其人。
Credit keeps the crown of the causeway.
［注解］credit信誉，声誉。causeway = causey大路，公路。keep the crown of the causeway是苏格兰短语，意为：1）在街道中间走；2）堂堂正正地出现。
［译］守信誉的人堂堂正正走在大街上；守信者心地坦荡不怕见人。