苏格拉底名言中英对照 共50句
1. He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
2. Don't try to win a friend by presenting gifts。 You should instead contribute your sincere love and learn how to win others 'heart through appropriate ways。
3. The unexamined life is not worth living.
4. It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not， whatever his age。
5. Get not your friends by bare compliments， but by giving them sensible tokens of your love。
6. Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
7. Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
8. To find yourself, think for yourself.
9. Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
10. Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
11. 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.
12. Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
13. If a man is proud of his wealth， he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it。
14. Envy is the ulcer of the soul。
15. Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others。
16. Understanding a question is half an answer.
17. In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
18. When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
19. Bad men live so that they may eat and drink， whereas good men eat and drink so that they may live。
20. Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
21. The hour of departure has arrived， and we go our ways - I to die， and you to live。 Which is better God only knows。
22. I am not an Athenian or a Greek， but a citizen of the world。
23. Every action has its pleasures and its price.
24. 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。
25. The hottest love has the coldest end.
26. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
27. I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance。
28. The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance。
29. 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。
30. Having the fewest wants， I am nearest to the gods。
31. Death may be the greatest of all human blessings。
32. If you don*t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don*t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can*t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
33. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs； therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity， or undue depression in adversity。
34. Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
35. Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of。
36. The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
37. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
38. The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
39. Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.
40. One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
41. Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
42. I tell you that virtue is not given by money， but that from virtue comes money。
43. True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
44. Let him who would move the world first move himself.
45. Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
46. When you want knowledge like you want air under water then you will get it。
47. Know youself.
48. The unexamined life is not worth living。
49. I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
50. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.