Proverbs and Dictums
1.A little learning is a dangerous thing.
淺學誤人。一知半解是危險的事。
2.Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.
好人越學越好,壞人越學越壞。
3.Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
未受教育的天才,猶如礦中之銀。
4. Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
貧而可敬,勝過富而可恥。
5. In the grave the rich and the poor lie equal.
一朝入墓穴,貧富皆一律。
6. One half of the world does not know how the half lives.
飽漢不知餓漢饑。
7. In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.
得勢時朋友盈門,失勢時不見一人。
8. No legacy is so rich as honesty.
誠實是最貴重的傳家寶。
9. He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
無知者無所疑。
10.Virtue never grows old.
美德永不老。