知识和智慧

1. 知识与意识

知识与意识

what you see is what you get · a straw will show which way the wind blows · real eyes realize · memory is the treasure of the mind

2. 教育与教养

教育与教养

as the old cock crows so does the young · as the twig is bent so is the tree inclined · it takes three generations to make a gentleman · many a good cow has a bad calf

3. 书籍

书籍

a book holds a house of gold · a book is a garden carried in the pocket · a book, tight shut, is but a block of papers · a donkey that carries a lot of books is not necessarily learned

4. 真理与启示

真理与启示

blood will out · blood will tell · drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals · eyes are the windows of the soul

5. Advice

a fool may give a wise man counsel · a word to the wise is sufficient · advice is cheap · advisors run no risks

6. 愚蠢

愚蠢

when the wine is in wit is out · a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another · a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years · a fool's bolt is soon shot

7. Ignorance

nothing so bold as a blind mare · there are none so deaf as those that will not hear · what the eye does not see the heart does not grieve over · admiration is the daughter of ignorance

8. 八卦与新闻

八卦与新闻

bad news travels fast · ill news spreads apace · no news is good news · there is no smoke without fire

9. 发出警告

发出警告

beware of a silent dog and still water · forewarned is forearmed · not go near the water until you learn how to swim · beware of the young doctor and the old barber

10. 谨慎的重要性

谨慎的重要性

children and fools must not play with edged tools · above all else guard your heart for everything you do flows from it · better go about than fall into the ditch · careless talk costs lives

11. 从错误中学习

从错误中学习

failure teaches you more than success · wise men learn by other's harm · fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me · past is a guidepost not a hitching post