那些國(guó)外流傳的所謂“中國(guó)諺語(yǔ)”

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國(guó)外許多名言警句有時(shí)候讀起來(lái)也讓人納悶以致于郁悶,，因?yàn)樗鼈兲?hào)稱是Chinese Proverb(中國(guó)諺語(yǔ))，但我作為中國(guó)人卻不甚了了,，想不出來(lái)這些Chinese Proverb 到底對(duì)應(yīng)哪些“中國(guó)諺語(yǔ)”,。

比如下面這些Chinese Proverb，我可以大致翻譯出其意義,，但是還沒(méi)有想出對(duì)應(yīng)的中文原句：
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
鳥(niǎo)兒唱歌不是因?yàn)樗鼈冇辛舜鸢�,，而是因�(yàn)樗鼈冇懈枰�唱�?/font>

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
送花的手上留有香味。

A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
一本沒(méi)有打開(kāi)的書就是一團(tuán)紙,。

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
孩子的一生就像一張白紙,，周邊每個(gè)人都會(huì)在上面留下印記。

A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
糊涂人根據(jù)他人的送禮決定親疏,。

A nation's treasure is in its scholars.
學(xué)者是國(guó)家的財(cái)富,。

A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.
咬貓尾巴的老鼠自尋毀滅。

Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
第一個(gè)出工干活,，最后一個(gè)上床休息,。

Do not employ handsome servants.
別雇傭長(zhǎng)得好看的傭人。

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
別用斧頭拍打朋友額頭上的蒼蠅,。

Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
你要是不喜歡微笑就別開(kāi)店,。

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
張口發(fā)問(wèn)可能讓你表現(xiàn)出5分鐘的無(wú)知，但是不發(fā)問(wèn)的人永遠(yuǎn)會(huì)無(wú)知,。

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
辯論中的兩個(gè)人，第一個(gè)動(dòng)手的那個(gè)人就是承認(rèn)辯論失敗的那個(gè)人,。

If you bow at all, bow low.
既然低了頭,，干脆就多低點(diǎn)。

Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
把受傷了的胳膊藏在衣袖里,。

Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.
只有到凌晨人們才睡的最熟,，只有到年老時(shí)人們才變得聰明。

Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
撐起一尺的風(fēng)帆,，你會(huì)得到10尺的風(fēng)力,。

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
要知道怎樣前面的路怎么走，最好問(wèn)從前面返回的人,。

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
如果在世上你只剩下2毛錢,，就用一毛錢買一塊面包，另一毛買一朵百合花,。

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
點(diǎn)亮一支蠟燭總比咒罵黑暗要好,。

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
荊棘是玫瑰的衛(wèi)士,，只會(huì)刺傷摘花的人。

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
只要有時(shí)間和耐心,，桑樹(shù)葉子會(huì)變成綢大褂,。

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.
如果我們不改變方向，總會(huì)走到我們要去的地方,。

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.
如果你站起來(lái)的次數(shù)比摔倒的次數(shù)多一次,，你就過(guò)關(guān)了。

The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.
說(shuō)別人壞話的人一定是自己圖謀不軌,。

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.
在夢(mèng)里有一千條新路可走,，可是醒來(lái)以后還是走老路。

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
說(shuō)某事不能做的人不應(yīng)該干擾別人去做,。

看著這許多“中國(guó)諺語(yǔ)”,，怎么就沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)呢？不是自己學(xué)識(shí)淺薄,，就是老外故弄玄虛,，總覺(jué)得有deep doubts(深深的疑惑)。說(shuō)起doubts,，也許正好用上另一句世上流傳的Chinese Proverbs：
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
疑惑深,，智慧也深；疑惑淺,，智慧也淺,。

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