The Proverbs Of Confucius
The Proverbs Of Confucius
by Friedrich von Schiller
Threefold is the march of time
While the future slow advances,
Like a dart the present glances,
Silent stands the past sublime.
No impatience e'er can speed him
On his course if he delay;
No alarm, no doubts impede him
If he keep his onward way;
No regrets, no magic numbers
Wake the tranced one from his slumbers.
Wouldst thou wisely and with pleasure,
Pass the days of life's short measure,
From the slow one counsel take,
But a tool of him ne'er make;
Ne'er as friend the swift one know,
Nor the constant one as foe!
Threefold is the form of space:
Length, with ever restless motion,
Seeks eternity's wide ocean;
Breadth with boundless sway extends;
Depth to unknown realms descends.
All as types to thee are given;
Thou must onward strive for heaven,
Never still or weary be
Would'st thou perfect glory see;
Far must thy researches go.
Wouldst thou learn the world to know;
Thou must tempt the dark abyss
Wouldst thou prove what Being is.
Naught but firmness gains the prize,--
Naught but fulness makes us wise,--
Buried deep, truth ever lies!
孔子的箴言
席勒
時間的步伐有三種：
未來姍姍而來遲，
現在像箭一般飛逝，
過去永遠靜立不動。
當它緩行時，任怎樣急躁，
也不能使它的步伐加強。
當它飛逝時，任怎樣恐懼猶疑，
也不能使它的行程受阻。
任何后悔，任何魔術，
也不能使靜止的移動一步。
你若要做一個聰明而幸福的人，
走完你的生命的路程，
你要對未來深謀遠慮，
不要做你的行動的工具！
不要把飛逝的現在當作友人，
不要把靜止的過去當作仇人！
空間的測量有三種：
它的長度綿延無窮，
永無間斷；它的寬度
遼闊萬里，沒有盡處；
它的深度深陷無底。
它們給你一種象征：
你要看到事業垂成，
必需努力向前，不可休息，
決不可因疲乏而靜止；
你要認清全面的世界，
必需廣開你的眼界；
你要認清事物的本質，
必需審問追究到底。
只有恒心可以使你達到目的，
只有博學可以使你明辨世事，
真理常常藏在事物的深底。
席勒簡介
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