经典谚语:道德与思想-T

Take away my good name, take away my life.
［译］丧失名誉等于丧失了生命；荣誉重于生命。
Take honour from me and my life is undone.
［注解］该句是莎士比亚的名言。undone意为毁掉，完蛋。
［译］将名誉从我身上拿走，我的生命也完了。
Teaching others teaches yourself. (or He who teaches, learns.)
［译］诲人也诲己；教学相长。
Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
［注解］temperance节制，自我克制。
［译］自我节制是最大的美德。
The best horse needs breaking, and the aptest child needs teaching.
［注解］本句强调训练和教育的重要性。
［译］玉不琢不成器。
The biter is sometimes bit.
［译］骗子有时反被骗。
The day has eyes, the night has ears.
［注解］直译为：白天有眼，夜晚有耳。
［译］若要人不知，除非己莫为。
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
［注解］指那些饱食终日，无所事事者容易失足犯大错误。同义谚语有：Idle brains are the evil's workshop.
［译］魔鬼专找游手好闲者；无所事事者易作恶。
The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.
［注解］语出英国诗人George Byron（拜伦）。
［译］思想的大厦是灵魂的宫殿。
The eye that sees all things else sees not itself.
［注解］指只看见别人的缺点不知自己有过错的人。
［译］眼睛能看见一切的东西，惟独看不见自己。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
［译］井底之蛙。
The heart sees further than the head.
［注解］在科学不发达的古代，人们把头脑的思想看成是心脏里想的。
［译］心之所见远胜于目。
The leopard cannot change its spots.
［注解］出自《旧约·耶利米书》第13章第23节。在文艺作品，普通书写，甚至日常说话中用得很广。直译为：豹改不了斑点。
［译］江山易改，本性难移。
The master said: "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?"
［注解］master有“大师、名家”之意。句中指中国哲学家老子。
［译］子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？”
The more noble, the more humble.
［译］人品越高尚，为人越谦虚。
The path down to evil is easy.
［译］堕入罪恶的道路是容易走的。
The quality of mercy is not strained;
［注解］语出莎士比亚。mercy宽恕，仁慈。strain使紧张。
［译］慈悲不是出于勉强，它像甘霖一样从天上降下尘世。它不但给幸福于受施的人，也同样给幸福于施于的人。
The style is the man.
［译］文如其人。
There is no accounting for tastes. (or Every man to his taste. or Every one tastes differ.)
［注解］指人的好恶各不相同。甚至有时人的好恶是不可理喻的。
［译］人各有所好；百人吃百味。
There is nothing lost by civility.
［译］礼貌不需什么代价；礼多人不怪。
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
［译］因为人有思想，才能区分好坏善恶。
They are never alone accompanied with noble thoughts.
［注解］accompany with伴随，陪同。
［译］思想高尚者永不寂寞。
Thought is the seed of action.
［注解］语出Emerson（爱默生）。
［译］思想是行动的种子。
Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
［译］思想是伟大、敏捷和自由的，它是世界之光，是人类的最高荣耀。
To be virtuous is to do good.
［译］行善是美德。
To err is human.
［译］人非圣贤，孰能无过。
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
［译］人难免犯错误，宽恕别人是神圣的。
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of the folly is the beginning of wisdom.
［注解］get rid of摆脱，清除。folly愚蠢，愚笨。
［译］远离罪恶是美德之始；摆脱愚蠢是智慧之初。
Too much humility is pride.
［译］过分谦虚即骄傲。
Too much praise is a burden.
［译］过多夸奖，反成负担。
Too much water drowned the miller.
［注解］指好事不可过头。
［译］过犹不及。
True blue will never stain.
［注解］true blue不褪色的蓝色染料；比喻对主义、党派等的忠诚、坚定；英国坚定的保守党人。
［译］纯蓝不怕玷污；正直之人决不干坏事；真金不怕火炼。
True greatness is the greatness of the mind.
［译］真正的伟大是精神的伟大。
True nobility is exempt from fear.
［注解］exempt from意为免除，豁免。
［译］真正高尚的人是无所畏惧的。
True praise roots and spreads.
［译］表扬真实，根深传远。