经典谚语:友谊与自由-T

The best mirror is an old friend.
［译］老友是明镜。
The best of friends must part.
［译］最好的朋友也终须一别；天下无不散的筵席。
The cat and dog may kiss, yet are none the better.
［译］猫犬可相吻，莫逆却难成。
The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age.
［译］女人能保守的惟一秘密是她的年龄。
The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.
［译］人的行为准则是，维护自己的尊严，不妨碍他人的自由。
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
［注解］出自美国作家萨特。
［译］尽管真理是无情的，但也是可爱的，它使爱它的人自由。
The world is but a little place, after all.
［注解］此谚语用在久别的朋友不期邂逅时。
［译］海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
There is in liberty as in innocence and virtue a satisfaction one can only feel in their enjoyment and a pleasure which can cease only when lost.
［译］自由同清白与美德一样，只有在你享用它时，才感到满足，一旦失去它们，你就会感到欢乐停止了。
There is nothing worse than apathy.
［译］冷漠最无情。
Those who deny freedom to others hardly deserve it for themselves.
［译］凡是不给别人自由的人，自己也无法得到。
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
［译］想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
［译］要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。
Too much liberty spoils all.
［译］自由放任，一事无成。
True friendship is a plant of slow growth.
［译］真正的友谊像是生长缓慢的植物。
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
［译］真诚的友谊犹如强健的身体，要到失去它时，才知它的可贵。