And then , after all , i go too fast in my conclusions : for what i yet know , you may be no better than the rest ; you may have intolerable defects to counterbalance your few good points 再说我的结论毕竟下得过于匆忙。就我所知，你也未必胜过其他人。也许有难以容忍的缺点，抵销你不多的长处。 ”
Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise , to lose thy self - respect , to hate any man , to suspect , to curse , to act the hypocrite , to desire anything which needs walls and curtains : for he who has preferred to everything intelligence and daemon and the worship of its excellence , acts no tragic part , does not groan , will not need either solitude or much company ; and , what is chief of all , he will live without either pursuing or flying from death ; but whether for a longer or a shorter time he shall have the soul inclosed in the body , he cares not at all : for even if he must depart immediately , he will go as readily as if he were going to do anything else which can be done with decency and order ; taking care of this only all through life , that his thoughts turn not away from anything which belongs to an intelligent animal and a member of a civil community 不要把任何会强迫你打破誓言、丧失自尊、仇恨人类，猜疑、诅咒、行伪善和需要掩饰来满足的欲望之类东西看成是对你有益的：那些热爱智性和精灵胜过其他，崇拜自然的完美，行为无过失，从不抱怨的人，既不孤僻，也不需要过多的朋友，而且最主要的是，他既不迷恋死亡，也不逃避死亡；无论生命有多长寿或多短暂，他都会把灵魂约束于肉体之内，他一无牵挂：即使不得不即刻辞世而去，他也将坦然而往，仿佛去做一项可以以尊严和秩序的方式完成的事；整个人生中他只关心一件事：他的思想是否偏离了一个有智性的动物和一个公民社会成员的本分。
