:孔子名言英文

1、唯女子与小人，为难养也。近之则不孙，远之则怨。Of all people, girls and servants are the most difficult to behave to. If you are familiar with them, they lose their humility. If you maintain a reserve towards them, they are discontented.

2、敏而好学，不耻下问。 He was of an active nature and yet fond of learning, and he was not ashamed to ask and learn of his inferiors.

3、岁寒，然后知松柏之后凋也。 Only when the weather turns cold can we see that the leaves of pines and cypresses are the last to wither and fall.

4、老者安之，朋友信之，少者怀之。 I wish for the old to live in peace and comfort,friends to trust each other and the young to be taken good care of.

5、三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。 When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.

6、士志于道，而耻恶衣恶食者，未足与议也。 It is not worthwhile to have discussions with a scholar who is willing to search for the truth,but is ashamed of poor food and dress.

7、己所不欲，勿施于人。What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

8、君子以文会友，以友辅仁。The superior man on grounds of culture meets with his friends, and by their friendship helps his virtue.

9、逝者如斯夫!不舍昼夜。 Standing by the side of a river,Confucius sighed,Time is going on like this river,flowing away endlessly day and night.

10、十室之邑，必有忠信，如丘者焉，不如丘之好学也。 In a hamlet of ten families, there may be found one honourable and sincere as I am, but not so fond of learning.