Socrates and His Friends

 

Socrates having laid for himself the foundation of a small house, one of the people, no matter who,amongst such passing remarks as are usual in these cases , asked,"Why do you , so famed as you are, build so small a house?"

 

"I only wish," he replied, "I could fill it with real friends."

 

苏格拉底与朋友

 

苏格拉底给自己的小屋打好地基。有个人，且不管他是誰吧，反正是那些爱在类似情况下议论几句的人中的一个，问他：“你的名气这么大，为什么只建这么小的屋子？”

 

苏格拉底答道：“要是这间小屋子能坐满真正的朋友，我就很满意了。”