且古之君子，过则改之；今之君子，过则顺之。古之君子，其过也，如日月之食，民皆见之；及其更也，民皆仰之。今之君子，岂徒顺之，又从为之辞。——孟子 古代的君子，有了过错，随即改正；今天的君子，有了过错，竟将错就错。古代君子的过错，好像天上的日蚀、月蚀，百姓都能看的很清楚；当他改正错误的时候，人...

绝望是指一个人处在不希望发生的事情发生了，而希望发生的事情却不能发生的境况。——亚瑟·叔本华 When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen because he does not wish it, and that what he wishes to happen can never be, this is really the state called despair. ——A...

       Mencius is a great thinker, educatior and an important representative of the Confucian School of Thought in ancient China.  Mencius inherited Confucius’s thought and, under the new situation, put forward the idea of “benevolent government”. &nbs...

信念的形成过程要缓慢从容。而一旦信念形成，我们就必须在最严峻的情况下捍卫我们的信念。——圣雄甘地 One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed, they must be defended against the heaviest odds. ——Mahatma Gandhi 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

经历了两三代的人就像是在集市上坐在变戏法的棚子里把戏法看了两三遍的人。而这些戏法本应只看一次。——亚瑟·叔本华 The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer’s booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times.  They are meant to be seen only on...

人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。 Man on earth, Good at birth.  The same nature, Varies on nurture. 苟不教，性乃迁。教之道，贵以专。 With no education, There’d be aberration.  To teach well, You deeply dwell. 昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。 Then Mencius’ mot...

   “情怀”这个词表面直白，但又比较抽象，很难说清楚到底是什么意思。谈“情怀”的翻译还是要放到语境里谈。     一般来说，“情怀”有两大类，一类具体一些，另一类更抽象、更具浪漫色彩。 第一种“情怀”点出了“情怀”的具体对象，比如“家国情怀”、“英雄情怀”、“足球情怀”、“艺术情怀”等。翻...

仁也者，人也。合而言之，道也。——孟子 Benevolence derives from humanity. “Benevolence” plus “humanity” is the doctrine. ——Mencius 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

即使知识易得，多数人仍会满足于无知，而不愿费一点儿事去获取知识。——塞缪尔·约翰逊 Even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. ——Samuel Johnson 心译翻译工作室 英语翻译

君子深造之以道，欲其自得之也。自得之，则居之安。居之安，则资之深；资之深，则取之左右逢其原，故君子欲其自得之也。——孟子 一个有道德的人按照正确的方法来得到高深的造诣，就要他自觉地有所得。自觉地有所得就能牢固掌握此方法而不动摇。牢固地掌握它而不动摇，就能将德行积蓄很深，继续很深就能任意选择...