富兰克林名言选

An empty bag cannot stand upright.

空袋子放不直。

A penny saved is a penny earned.

省钱等于挣钱

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

早睡早起能使人健康，富有，明智。Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

无论何事，因愤怒而起，必以羞愧而终。The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.缺席者必是不对,出席者必有理由。

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

慈爱的人应给自己保留一些缺点，以免朋友自惭形秽

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 知足者常乐，因为他永远不会失望。

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.这个世界上没有什么事情是确信无疑的，除了死亡和纳税。

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. 英明的人不需要建议，愚蠢的人不采纳建议。

Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek. 讲得很清楚，福格先生；你在用希腊语解释英语呢。

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? 谁会像你自己那样经常欺骗你？Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.知足使贫穷的人富有；而贪婪使富足的人贫穷。

God heals and the doctor takes the fee. 上帝治病，医生收费。

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. 鱼放三天臭，客住三天嫌

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. 爱上自己的人没有竞争对手。

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.如果一个人倾其所有以求

学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。

If you would know the value of money try to borrow some. 如果你想知道金钱的价值，不妨去借一些。

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. 婚前张开眼,婚后半闭目。

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first. 如果再给我一次机会，我会毫不犹豫地重新度过我的此生，一切从头开始。只要

求像作家那样，在修订版本的时候可以改正初版的某些错误。

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason. 演说家来了,带来了滔滔不绝的语言和点点滴滴的道理

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money 相信金钱万能的人，往往会一切为了金钱。

Eat to live．not live to eat．

吃饭是为了生活，但生活不是为了吃饭。Visits should be short，like a winters day，Lest you are too troublesome hasten away．

拜访别人时要短，时间长了似冬天。如果你怕遭人烦，谈完事后赶紧还。

A house without woman & Fire-light is like a body without soul or sprite．

一个没有女人与炉火的房间就像一个没有灵魂的躯体。

Kings and bears often worry their

keepers．

国王与黑熊常常害怕他们身边的看护者。Light purse，heavy heart．

钱包变轻，心情沉重。

He’s a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir．

一个把他的医生作为继承人的人是傻瓜。Never take a wife till thou hast a house (& a fire) to put her in．

没有房子与炉子，勿娶妻子进家门。Even thy enemies take pride that they're their countryman．

敌人有时也为你骄傲，因为大家都是一国同胞。

Hunger never saw bad bread．

饥饿不挑剔面包的好坏。

Beware of meat twice boiled，& an old foe reconciled．

不要吃煮过两次的肉，也不要相信和解过两次的敌人。

Great talkers，little doers．

语言的巨人，行动的矮子。