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

时间的步伐有三种：
未来姗姗而来迟，
现在像箭一般飞逝，
过去永远静立不动。
当它缓行时，任怎样急躁，
也不能使它的步伐加强。
当它飞逝时，任怎样恐惧犹疑，
也不能使它的行程受阻。
任何后悔，任何魔术，
也不能使静止的移动一步。
你若要做一个聪明而幸福的人，
走完你的生命的路程，
你要对未来深谋远虑，
不要做你的行动的工具！
不要把飞逝的现在当作友人，
不要把静止的过去当作仇人！

空间的测量有三种：
它的长度绵延无穷，
永无间断；它的宽度
辽阔万里，没有尽处；
它的深度深陷无底。
它们给你一种象征：
你要看到事业垂成，
必需努力向前，不可休息，
决不可因疲乏而静止；
你要认清全面的世界，
必需广开你的眼界；
你要认清事物的本质，
必需审问追究到底。
只有恒心可以使你达到目的，
只有博学可以使你明辨世事，
真理常常藏在事物的深底。

席勒简介