經(jīng)典諺語(yǔ):道德與思想-E

Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.
［譯］早期的錯(cuò)誤可以釀成日后的麻煩。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
［譯］培養(yǎng)上流人士從教育入手，經(jīng)過(guò)社交使之日趨完美。
Education has for its object the formation of character.
［注解］語(yǔ)出Herbert Spencer，英國(guó)哲學(xué)家斯賓塞。
［譯］教育的目的在于培養(yǎng)品德。
Envy has no holidays.
［注解］語(yǔ)出Francis Bacon，英國(guó)哲學(xué)家培根。
［譯］忌妒無(wú)假日。
Envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anyone's nature.
［注解］語(yǔ)出Oscar Wilde（王爾德），愛(ài)爾蘭作家。
［譯］嫉妒是最可怕的東西，它會(huì)損壞人的天性。
Envy never enriched any man.
［譯］嫉妒從不使人得益。
Every bean has its black. (or Every man has his faults. or Every man has his weak side.)
［注解］顆顆豆子有黑嘴；比喻每人都有自己的弱點(diǎn)。
［譯］人孰無(wú)過(guò)；金無(wú)足赤，人無(wú)完人。
Every one's faults are not written on their foreheads.
［注解］語(yǔ)出英國(guó)自然主義作家John Ray（雷伊）。受人責(zé)備時(shí)常用此諺語(yǔ)反駁，暗示對(duì)方也有過(guò)錯(cuò)，只是沒(méi)寫(xiě)在腦門上，不被人知。Every (all) ... not這種結(jié)構(gòu)表示部分否定。
［譯］人的錯(cuò)誤并不都寫(xiě)在腦門上。
Example is better than precept. (or Example is more powerful than precept.)
［注解］實(shí)例優(yōu)于口訓(xùn)，本諺語(yǔ)指以身作則勝于口頭訓(xùn)誨。
［譯］身教重于言教；喊破嗓子不如做出樣子。
Extremes meet.
［注解］相對(duì)的事物通常是可互通的，比如說(shuō)否極泰來(lái)。任何品德、信仰、感情趨于極端就會(huì)走向反面。
［譯］兩極相通，物極必反。