苏格拉底曾经说过的名言 苏格拉底之醍醐灌顶的50句中英文双语格言至理
苏格拉底(希腊语:Σωκράτης，英译:Socrates，公元前469-公元前399年)，古希腊著名的思想家、哲学家、教育家、公民陪审员，他和他的学生柏拉图，以及柏拉图的学生亚里士多德被并称为"古希腊三贤"，更被后人广泛地认为是西方哲学的奠基者。他身为雅典的公民，据记载，苏格拉底最后被雅典法庭以侮辱雅典神和腐蚀雅典青年思想之罪名判处死刑。尽管苏格拉底曾获得逃亡的机会，但他仍选择饮下毒堇汁而死，因为他认为逃亡只会进一步破坏雅典法律的权威，同时也是因为担心他逃亡后雅典将再没有好的导师可以教育人们了。
1、Envy is the ulcer of the soul。
嫉妒是灵魂的肿瘤。
2、The unexamined life is not worth living。
没有经过考验的人生，是不值得活的。
3、Having the fewest wants， I am nearest to the gods。
有愈少的欲望，我就愈接近神。
4、Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others。
已所不欲，勿施于人 。
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、Death may be the greatest of all human blessings。
死亡，可能是所有人类福气中最棒的。
7、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。
8、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。
9、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。
10、When you want knowledge like you want air under water then you will get it。
当你需要知识就像你在水底需要空气时，你准能得到它。
11、It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not， whatever his age。
一个人不论年龄多大，都要学习自己不懂的东西。这不是羞耻。
12、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。
13、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 。
14、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。
15、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。
16、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。
17、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。
18、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。
19、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。
不要靠馈赠去获得朋友，你必须奉献你诚挚的爱，学会怎样用正当的方法来赢得别人的心。
20、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。
21、The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
唯一真正的智慧是自知无知。
22、The unexamined life is not worth living.
未经审视的生活不值得活。
23、The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
最简单而高贵的方式不是压榨别人，而是提高你自己。
24、I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
我不能教会别人任何事。我只能让他们思考。
25、Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
好奇是智慧的开端。
26、Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
与人为善，因为你所遇到的每一个人都在进行着某种形式的艰苦斗争。
27、To find yourself, think for yourself.
要想找到自我，必须独立思考。
28、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.
还是结婚吧；如果你找到了一位好妻子，你会变得幸福；如果你有找到了一位坏妻子，你会成为一位哲人。
29、Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
缓慢落入友谊，但当你正在进行时，继续保持坚定和不变。
30、Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
大智论道，中智论事，小智论人。
31、Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
教育是燃起火焰，而非灌输一个容器。
32、He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
他不满他所拥有的，也不会满足他想要的。
33、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.
如果你没有得到你想要的，你会痛苦；如果你得到了你不想要的，你会痛苦，即使你得到了你想要的，你也痛苦，因为你永远不能抓住它。你的思想就是你的困境。它想要免受改变。免受烦恼、免受生与死的义务。但变化就是规律，再多的假象也无法掩盖这一现实。
34、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.
我们现在的青年爱奢侈。他们不礼貌，蔑视权威；他们不尊敬长辈而且爱喋喋不休；当长辈进入房间时他们不再起身；他们顶撞他们的父母，在聚会时喋喋不休；霸占他们的食物并欺压他们的教师。
35、Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
有时你建起心墙并非为了远离人群，而是为了看清谁在乎去推倒它。
36、Know youself.
认识你自己。
37、Let him who would move the world first move himself.
要想改变世界需先改变他自己。
38、Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
死亡可能是人类最伟大的福气。
39、The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
幸福的秘诀，不是寻求更多发现，而是在成长中享受到细微的一种能力。
40、Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
知足是天然的财富，奢侈是人为的贫困。
41、When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
诽谤成为了辩论失败者的工具。
42、Every action has its pleasures and its price.
每个行为都有它的乐趣和它的代价。
43、Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
不要让别人激怒你，如果别人对你做了什么。
44、Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
一旦与男人平等，女人就高高在上。
45、In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
在所有人中，即使是好男人，都有一个放纵的野兽本性，这同样发生在睡眠中。
46、One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
永远不该以错事作为回报，也不要虐待任何人，无论别人如何虐待了他。
47、Understanding a question is half an answer.
理解一个问题就是答案的一半。
48、Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
当心碌碌无为的生活。
49、The hottest love has the coldest end.
最热烈的爱会有最冷漠的结局。
50、True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
真正的智慧是当我们每一个人认识到我们对生活、自我和周围的世界了解得多么少的时候。
