英语词源趣谈(8)

例“A man is known by the company he keeps” is an aphorism.“观其交友，知其为人”是一句格言。
Oscar Wilde was famous for such aphorisms as ‘Experience is the name everyon gives to their mistakes".(CID)奥斯卡·王尔德因诸如“经验是人们用来文过自己过失的名词”这样的警句而著称。