性相近也，習相遠也。

Bynature,menarenearlyalike;bypractice,theygettobewideapart.

過而不改，是謂過矣。

Nottomendthefaultonehasmadeistoerrindeed.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

Whatyoudonotwantdonetoyourself,donotdotoothers.

言必信，行必果。

Keepwhatyousayandcarryoutwhatyoudo.

君子以文會友，以友輔仁。

Thesuperiormanongroundsofculturemeetswithhisfriends,andbytheirfriendshiphelpshisvirtue.

三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。

ThecommanderoftheforcesofalargeStatemaybecarriedoff,butthewillofevenacommonmancannotbetakenfromhim.

后生可畏，焉知來者之不如今也？

Ayouthistoberegardedwithrespect.Howdoyouknowthathisfuturewillnotbeequaltoourpresent?

有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？

Isitnotdelightfultohavefriendscomingfromdistantquarters?

人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？

Ishenotamanofcompletevirtue,whofeelsnodiscomposurethoughmenmaytakenonoteofhim?

父在，觀其志。父沒，觀其行。三年無改于父之道，可謂孝矣。

Whileaman’sfatherisalive,lookatthebentofhiswill;whenhisfatherisdead,lookathisconduct.Ifforthreeyearshedoesnotalterfromthewayofhisfather,hemaybecalledfilial.

不患人之不己知，患不知人也。

Iwillnotbeafflictedatmen’snotknowingme;IwillbeafflictedthatIdonotknowmen.

詩三百，一言以蔽之，曰：思無邪。

IntheBookofPoetryarethreehundredpieces,butthedesignofthemallmaybeembracedinonesentence?“Havingnodepravedthoughts.”

關睢樂而不淫，哀而不傷。

TheKwanTsuisexpressiveofenjoymentwithoutbeinglicentious,andofgriefwithoutbeinghurtfullyexcessive.

父母在，不遠游，游必有方。

Whilehisparentsarealive,thesonmaynotgoabroadtoadistance.Ifhedoesgoabroad,hemusthaveafixedplacetowhichhegoes.

德不孤，必有鄰。

Virtueisnotlefttostandalone.Hewhopractisesitwillhaveneighbors.

吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不逾矩。

AtfifteenIsetmyheartuponlearning.Atthirty,Iplantedmyfeetfirmupontheground.Atforty,Inolongersufferedfromperplexities.Atfifty,IknewwhatwerethebiddingsofHeaven.Atsixty,Iheardthemwithdocileear.Atseventy,Icouldfollowthedictatesofmyownheart;forwhatIdesirednolongeroversteppedtheboundariesofright.

賢哉回也!一簞食，一瓢飲，在陋巷，人不堪其憂，回也不改其樂。賢哉回也!

IncomparableindeedwasHui!Ahandfulofricetoeat,agourdfulofwatertodrink,livinginameanstreet.Otherswouldhavefounditunendurablydepressing,buttoHui’scheerfulnessitmadenodifferenceatall.IncomparableindeedwasHui.

知者樂水，仁者樂山。知者動，仁者靜。知者樂，仁者壽。

Thewisefindpleasureinwater;thevirtuousfindpleasureinhills.Thewiseareactive;thevirtuousaretranquil.Thewisearejoyful;thevirtuousarelong-lived.

逝者如斯夫，不舍晝夜。

Itpassesonjustlikethis,notceasingdayornight!

食不厭精，膾不厭細。

Hedidnotdisliketohavehisricefinelycleaned,nortohavehismincedmeatcutquitesmall.

非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動。

Looknotatwhatiscontrarytopropriety;listennottowhatiscontrarytopropriety;speaknotwhatiscontrarytopropriety;makenomovementwhichiscontrarytopropriety.

人無遠慮，必有近憂。

Ifamantakenothoughtaboutwhatisdistant,hewillfindsorrownearathand.

君子有三戒。少之時，血氣未定，戒之在色。及其壯也，血氣方剛，戒之在斗。及其老也，血氣既衰，戒之在得。

Therearethreethingswhichthesuperiormanguardsagainst.Inyouth,whenthephysicalpowers,arenotyetsettled,heguardsagainstlust.Whenheisstrongandthephysicalpowersarefullofvigor,heguardsagainstquarrelsomeness.Whenheisold,andtheanimalpowersaredecayed,heguardsagainstcovetousness.

唯女子與小人，為難養也。近之則不孫，遠之則怨。

Ofallpeople,girlsandservantsarethemostdifficulttobehaveto.Ifyouarefamiliarwiththem,theylosetheirhumility.Ifyoumaintainareservetowardsthem,theyarediscontented.

本文來自：逍遙右腦記憶 /mingren/1117355.html

相關閱讀：龍應臺經典語錄
mc小洲經典語錄歌詞
俞敏洪老師的經典語錄大全-機會，需要我們去尋找
名人教育高中生的經驗語錄
央視主持人白巖松經典語錄