苏格拉底经典语录(英文版)

苏格拉底经典语录（英文版）

Strong minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Weak minds discuss people.

大智论道，中智论事，小智论人。

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，在顺境时要避免过度的得意，在逆境时要避免过度的沮丧忧郁。

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

妒忌是灵魂的溃疡。

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

我们的祷告应该是一般的祝福，因为上帝最知道我们需要什么。Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

别去想那些对你的一切所言所行都大加赞赏的人；需要在乎的是那些友善地批评你过错的人。

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. 世上只有一种善，那就是知识；也只有一种恶，那就是无知。Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

好奇是智慧的开端。

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

结婚吧，好的妻子让你幸福；坏的妻子则让你变成哲学家。

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. 只有在我们了解到对生命，自我和世界的无知时，真正的智慧才会来到我们身边。

Mankind is made of two kinds of people, wise people who know they are fools, and fools who think they are wise.

人分两种。知道自己愚蠢的智者，和自作聪明的愚者。

I would rather die having spoken after my manner, and speaking your manner and live.

我宁愿死于自己所信仰的辩护方式，也不愿按你们的方式继续苟活。If all misfortunes were laid in one common heat, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

如果我们把每个人的不幸堆成一堆由大家均分，大多数人都甘愿接受一份，欣然离去。

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. 要善良，因为你遇到的每个人都在经历某种痛苦。

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

最深的渴望，往往会带来最致命的仇恨。

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed off, or credit is like fire. When once you have kindled it, you may easily preserve it. But if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again.

把你的名誉当做你拥有的最珍贵的珠宝，否则，信誉就像火焰一样。一旦你点燃了它，你可能轻而易举地就让它一直明亮。然而，要是你让它熄灭了，你就很难重新点亮它了。

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

获得名望的前提，就是你得努力成为你在你理想中的自己。

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

知足常乐者最富有，因为知足本身就是财富。

I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others.

我知道，你不会相信我，但是，人类的卓越之处，最伟大的地方在于，能够质疑自己，质疑他人。

Get not your friends by bear compliments, but by giving them

sensible tokens of your love.

交朋友，不要靠赤裸裸的阿谀，而是要让他们感受到你理智的爱。

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. 我无法教会别人什么，我只能让他们去思考。

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

虚假的言辞不仅本身是邪恶的，且以邪恶侵害人们的灵魂。Education is the kindling of a flame not the filling of a vessel. 教育不是灌输，而是点燃火焰。