苏格拉底和孔子名言

1.Envy is the ulcer of the soul. (溃疡)

嫉妒是灵魂的肿瘤

2.Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

已所不欲，勿施于人

3.By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become

a philosopher.

一定要结婚；如果你娶到好妻子，你会很快乐。如果你娶到坏妻子，你会成为哲学家。4.I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

我不是一位雅典人或是希腊人，而是世界的公民

5.I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

除了我无知的事实之外，我一无所知

6.The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

分手的时刻已经到来，我们将各走各的路─我将死了，你将活着。那一种比较好呢？只有神知道。

7.Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.

有愈少的欲望，我就愈接近神。

8.Bad men live so that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink so that they may live.

坏人为着他们能吃喝而活着，然而好人则是为了他们能活着而吃喝。para.8

9.The unexamined life is not worth living.

没有经过考验的人生，是不值得活的。Para.10

10.I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money.

我告诉你，德并不是用钱买来的，但是德却可以带来金钱。

11.Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

死亡，可能是所有人类福气中最棒的。

12.Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

不要靠赤裸裸的阿谀来得到朋友，而应该让他们感受到你的爱心，来得到朋友

13.If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. 如果一个人以他的财富为骄傲，那么要看他如何运用财富，才知道他是否应该被称赞。

14.The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

唯一的善，是知识；唯一的恶，是无知。

15.Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

记住：不适合去做的事，也是不适合说的事。

16.Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

记住：人间事中没有一件是稳定的；因此，要在顺境时避免过度的洋洋得意，或是在逆境时过度的沮丧忧郁。

17.I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul.

我就只是奉劝你们所有人，年老的与年轻的都一样，不要把心思用在你的人或财产上，而主要应关心灵魂最大的进步。

学而时习之，不亦悦乎？(学而)

Is it not a pleasure to learn something and put it into practice at due times?

有朋自远方来，不亦悦乎？(学而)

Is it not a delight to have friends coming from afar?

礼之用，和为贵。(学而)

In practising the rules of propriety, harmony is the most valuable.

温故而知新，可以为师矣。(为政)

Id a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of other.

学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。(为政)

Learning without thought is lost; thought without learning is perilous.

知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。(为政)

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; --- this is knowledge.

人而无信，不知其可也。(为政)

I do not know how a man without truthfulness is acceptable.

见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。（里仁）

When you meet a man better than you, you should try to equal him. When you meet a man not as good as you, you should examine yourself if you have the same defects.

听其言而观其行。（公冶长）

Hear their words, and look at their conduct.

己所不欲勿施于人

Do unto others as you would be done.