Pride Goes Before a Fall
——驕兵必敗 謙受益 滿招損
** arrogance, overconfidence or full of pride often leads to humiliation or disaster
(傲慢、過度自信或驕傲自滿常常導致羞辱或災難。)
** pride comes before a fall // pride goes before destruction // pride goes before, and shame comes behind // empty pride usually takes a fall
** Proverbs 16:18 of bible :“Pride goeth before destruction,and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
(聖經舊約箴言16:18:“驕傲之後便是毀滅,傲慢之後便是墮落”)
** In one of the fables of Aesop (6th century B.C.), a victorious fighting cock flies up to a high place and crows in triumph, only to be snatched away by a passing eagle.
(伊索寓言中:一隻勝利的鬥雞飛到高處,為勝利而啼叫,但被一隻經過的老鷹捉走了。)
** Use wisdom to restrain our human nature of being prideful. Pride comes before a fall.
(用智慧來克制驕傲的人性。謙受益,滿招損。)
** We must not brag about our IPO in Shenzhen being Macau’s first although we can mention it as a fact ; remember Pride goes before a fall.
(我們不要吹噓這是澳門首次在深圳上市招股,雖然這是事實,但要記住驕兵必敗。)
學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文教授