经典谚语:知识与智慧-I

I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading
［译］宁为穷汉住阁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.
［注解］语出Franklin（富兰克林）。
［译］如果一个人倾其所有钱财求学问，那么所求的学问谁也拿不走。
If you do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.
［译］年轻不求知，年老无福享。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
［译］要想求知，就得吃苦。
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
［注解］语出Albert Einstein，美国科学家爱因斯坦。
［译］想像力比知识更重要。
Imagination is sometimes more vivid than reality.
［译］想像有时比现实生动得多。
It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon.
［注解］sermon布道，说教。
［译］只有呆鹅才去听狐狸说教。
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
［注解］语出莎士比亚《威尼斯商人》第2幕第2场。这是一句比较古老的谚语。莎士比亚时代的用法，和现代英语的用法不同，它不是强调结构。不能照字面译。
中国虽有“知子莫若父”的古话，但莎翁这句英文的意思却适得其反。
［译］无论怎样聪明的父亲也不见得知道他自己的儿子。（钱歌川译）
It is a wise man that never makes mistakes.
［译］智者千虑，必有一失。
It is absurd to ape our betters.
［注解］语出伊索寓言《猴子和骆驼》。Betters（人和事物）较好者，较优越者。ape模仿。此句似含有“东施效颦”之意。
［译］天生笨拙者硬要模仿机灵人的行动，实在太愚蠢。
It is wisdom sometimes to seem fool.
［译］有时糊涂是智慧的表示；大智若愚；难得糊涂。