第一单元:1.Thou shouldst eat to live ; not live to eat. 你应该为了活而吃;而不是为了吃而活2. 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。
3. .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。
4. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. 真正的知识在于知道自己的无知。
5. 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。
6. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.智者说话,是因为他们有话要说;愚昧人,因为他们想说7. Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing. --Plato好的生活和精美的公正都是一件事。
——柏拉图8.The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. –Plato.好人对于公众事务冷漠的代价就是,被邪恶的人奴役。
9.We are twice armed if we fight with faith. –Plato10.It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought withou accepting it. 能够在不接受一种思想的情况下去思考它,这是一个受过教育的人的标志。
11.What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. –Aristotle朋友是什么?两个躯体,却拥有着相同的灵魂。
...12We make war that we may live in peace.战争才能带来和平——亚里斯多德(13..I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.--Aristotle我认为克服自己欲望的人比征服敌人的人更为勇敢14.Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. --Aristotle,生气谁都会,但什么时候对什么人生气,生气到什么程度,这是很难学会的。
15.If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. --Epicurus想要获得快乐,不是增加财富,而是降低欲望。
第二单元:1. Men willingly believe what they wish. 人往往一厢情愿.2. I would rather be first in a little lberian village than second in Rome. 我宁愿在伊比利亚的一个小村庄中第一也不愿在罗马第二。
3. I came, I saw, I conquered.我来了,我看见了,我征服了。
4. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.感恩不仅是最好的美德,还是其它品德的根5. A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field,however fertile, without cultivation.心灵,倘若未受教育,诚如未经耕作的田野,无论其多么肥沃,终不能结果。
西塞罗6. The wise are instructed by reason;ordinary minds,by experience;the stupid,by necessity; and brutes,by instinct.聪明人循理智办事,平常人照经验办事,蠢人按需要办事,畜生凭本能办事7.what is allowed us is disagreeable,what is denied us causes us intensedesire .8.When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - tobreathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.universe.当你在清晨醒来,想想活着是一种多么珍贵的特权呀¬—你还能呼吸,还能思考,还能享受,还能去爱。
奥里利乌斯9.He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.Aurelius能与自己和解的人,便是这宇宙中和谐的一份子。
奥里利乌斯10.It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is becausewe do not dare that things are difficult. –seneca并不是因为事情难我们才不敢做,而是因为我们不敢做事情才难。
塞内加11.if you wish to be loved ,love. seneca如果你想被爱,那就去爱。
塞内加12.:Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ——幸运只会在做好准备,并遇上合适机遇的时候才会发生。
13.Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false,and by the rulers as useful. 对于宗教,普通大众以为它是真的,聪明人知道它是假的,而统治者则把它当作有用的工具14.Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. 享受每天的快乐,但不应以此毁掉未来的幸福。
—塞内卡15.Life is like a play :It's not the length ,but the excellence ofthe acting that matters.生命如同一个剧本:重要的不是长度而是演出精彩与否. 16.they can because they think they can他们能够成功是因为他们认为他们可以第三单元:1.Prove all things hold fast that which is good. 验证每样事,好的就坚持2.blessed is the man that endureth temptation :for when he is tired heshall receive the crown of life3.there is no fear in love for perfect love casteth out fear爱里没有惧怕。
爱既完全,就把惧怕除去。
4.let not the sun go down upon your wrath . 生气却不要犯罪,不可含怒到明天。
5.let us love ,not in word or speech, but in truth and action .我们相爱,不要只在言语和舌头上,总要在行为和诚实上。
6.Do to others what you would have them do to you .己所不欲,勿施于人7.they that sow in tears shall reap joy. 泪水汪汪播种,得意洋洋收获8.You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free你们必晓得真理,真理必叫你们得以自由。
9.the wise weigh their words on a scale with gold10.Ye are the light of the world . A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid . 你们是世上的光。
城造在山上,是不能隐藏的。
11.“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall bedestroyed.与智慧人同行的,必得智慧。
和愚昧人作伴的,必受亏损。
12.the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit13.Whoever trusts in his riches will fall , but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf倚仗自己财物的,必跌倒;义人必发旺如青叶。