1.有哲理的英语小故事（两分钟左右,带翻译）

狗和影子（The Dog and the Shadow）It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now, on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

一只狗嘴里衔着一块肉，走过一条河上面的桥，看见他自己在水里的影子，以为是另一只狗，那时狗衔着的肉，比他自己的还要大一倍。因此他仍掉自己的那一块，狠狠地扑向那只狗，想夺到那一块较大的肉。结果两头都落了空，因为他想要抓取在水中的那一块，只不过是一个影子，而原来的那一块，也被水冲走了。

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

谨记，切莫因追逐幻影而丢失已有的东西。

2.英语哲理小故事

1、The Lion, The Bear And The Fox（狮子、熊与狐狸）Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, “I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.”"No, no," said the bear.“I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.” And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid. The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox. The lion said to the bear, “We have fought for nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.”从前，一只狮子和一只熊看见一个孩子，它们同时向他扑去。

狮子对熊说，“我首先捉住的这个孩子， 因此这个孩子是我的。”“不，不！”熊说，“我比你早发现的，因此他是我的。”

它们激烈地争论了很久。最后它们两个感到非常疲乏，再也不能打斗了。

不远处，一只狐狸正掩藏在树后，观看着狮子和熊之间的战斗，这时它走了出来，站在它们之间，叼走了这个孩子。 狮子和熊看到这个情形，但它们却不能捉住狐狸。

狮子对熊说：“我们争斗了那么久却什么也没得到，而这只狡猾的狐狸却把孩子叼走了。”2、The Boys And The Frogs（男孩与青蛙）One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, “Boys, please don't throw stones at us.” The boys said, “We are only playing.” “I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,” said the old frog. So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.春天里的一天，一些顽皮的男孩在一个水塘边玩耍。

他们开始往水里扔石块。许多生活在水塘里的青蛙非常害怕这些男孩，因为石头曾弄伤了他们中的一些。

最后一只老青蛙把他的脑袋探出水面，他说：“孩子们，请别向我们扔石头。”男孩说：“我们只是在玩耍。”

“我知道，但请别扔石头，孩子们。对你们而言的玩耍对我们可意味着死亡。”

老青蛙说。因此男孩们不再扔石头并且离开了。

3、Ye Gong was well-known for his fondness for dragons: In the house where he lived, dragons were painted on the walls and carved on the pillars and the four walls of his bedroom. There were dragons everywhere, up and down, front and back, with each dragon baring its teeth and brandishing1 its claws.In the heavens there was a real dragon. It was very happy to hear that Ye Gong was so fond of dragons.One day, the sky suddenly darkened, and then came wind, thunder and rain. The real dragon flew to Ye Gong's home. It poked2 its head into the window in the south and coiled its tail to the window in the north, rocking and rattling3 the whole house.At the sight of this real dragon, Ye Gong was frightened out of his wits. He trembled all over and hurriedly hid himself.So it turned out that what Ye Gong liked was painted and carved fake dragons but not real ones.叶公好龙叶公喜欢龙，已经出了名了。他住的屋子里，墙上画着龙，柱子上雕着龙，卧室四面的墙壁上也刻着龙，上上下下，前前后后，到处都是龙，一条条张牙舞爪。

天上有一条真的龙，听说叶公这样喜欢龙，高兴极了。有一天，天空突然暗了下来，又是刮风，又是打雷，又是下雨，真龙飞到了叶公的家里。

它把头伸进了南面的窗口，把尾巴绕到了北面的窗口，把整个屋子摇得格格直响。叶公看到这条真龙，一下子吓得魂飞魄散，浑身发抖，急忙躲了起来。

原来，叶公喜欢的只是那些画着、雕着的假龙，而不是真龙！4、多言何益Zi qin once asked Mohist, "Teacher, it is true that the more you say the more attention you will get from people?"Mohist answered, "The grog and hop1 toad2 never stop shouting from day to night, but they get little from people. The rooster only sings only for a few minutes in the morning and wakes up all the people. So, it is not necessarily advisable to speak a lot."It doesn't matte how much you say, what matters is whether you can hit the nail on the head.子禽问墨子：“老师，话说得多是否就会引起人们的重视？”墨子回答说：“青蛙和癞蛤蟆的叫声从早到晚没有停过，但是，却几乎没有引起人们的注意。公鸡仅仅只在黎明时分叫上几声，便能将天下的人都唤醒.”因此，话多不一定有好处。

话不在多，只要说到点子上就行了。5、An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, bec。

3.求英语哲理小故事 急

people have a job to candidates, picked up the corridor to pick up the paper, into the dustbin by the passing of the population to see the official test, so he had the job. The original was appreciated very simple, to develop a good habit of it. 有一个人去应徵工作，随手将走廊上的纸屑捡起来，放进了垃圾桶，被路过的囗试官看到了，因此他得到了这份工作。

原来获得赏识很简单，养成好习惯就可以了。 ? Has a younger brother at a bicycle shop as an apprentice, someone sent a failure of the bicycle, boy apart from the car repaired, the car also organize such as the pretty new, other apprentices laughed him superfluous, then the employer will get back the second day of a bicycle , boy who was recruited into the employer's company. The original is very easy to get ahead at the expense of it. ? 有个小弟在脚踏车店当学徒，有人送来一部故障的脚踏车，小弟除了将车修好，还把车子整理的漂亮如新，其他学徒笑他多此一举，后来雇主将脚踏车领回去的第二天，小弟被挖角到那位雇主的公司上班。

原来出人头地很简单，吃点亏就可以了。 ? child mother has said: "Mother you pretty well today." The mother replied: "Why." The child said: "Since Mother is not angry today." That is pretty easy to have, as long as you can not be angry . ? 有个小孩对母亲说：「妈妈你今天好漂亮。

」母亲回答：「为什麽。」小孩说：「因为妈妈今天都没有生气。

」原来要拥有漂亮很简单，只要不生气就可以了。 ? There is a ranch owner, called him every day at Children ranch on hard work, a friend said to him: "Do not need you to let children work so hard, crops will be grown as well." Ranch owner replied: "I am not At cultivate crops, cultivate at me are my children. "cultivate the original Child is very simple, so that he can be a bear hardships. 有个牧场主人，叫他孩子每天在牧场上辛勤的工作，朋友对他说：「你不需要让孩子如此辛苦，农作物一样会长得很好的。

」牧场主人回答说：「我不是在培养农作物，我是在培养我的孩子。」原来培养孩子很简单，让他吃点苦头就可以了。

? there is a tennis coach of the students said: "If a tennis ball falling into the weeds, there should be how to get?" Someone replied: "From the beginning to find the centerline of haystacks." Someone replied: "From the beginning haystack to find the most hollow . "someone replied:" From the grass to find the longest place start. "coach announced the correct answer:" step-by-step from the lawn of a search into the other end of the grass. "look for the success of the original method is very simple, from one to ten Do not skip it. ? 有一个网球教练对学生说：「如果一个网球掉进草堆里，应该如何找？」有人答：「从草堆中心线开始找。」有人答：「从草堆的最凹处开始找。

」有人答：「从草最长的地方开始找。」教练宣布正确答案：「按部就班的从草地的一头，搜寻到草地的另一头。

」原来寻找成功的方法很简单，从一数到十不要跳过就可以了。 ? often there is a brightly lit store, someone asked: "are you in the end what the store brand of tube? So durable." Stores said: "We usually have a bad lamp, but for us it is broken on . "bright and original way to keep it simple, as long as you can usually replace. ? 有一家商店经常灯火通明，有人问：「你们店里到底是用什麽牌子的灯管？那麽耐用。

」店家回答说：「我们的灯管也常常坏，只是我们坏了就换而已。」原来保持明亮的方法很简单，只要常常更换就可以了。

? live frogs at the edge of the frogs living in the street said: "you here too dangerous to live here with me now!" Side of the road the frog said: "I have got used to not bother moving." A few days later , Tanabe frog street to visit the frog, they found the car he had been crushed to death, dead in the street violence. Hands the fate of the original method is very simple, lazy away from it. ?住在田边的青蛙对住在路边的青蛙说：「你这里太危险，搬来跟我住吧！」路边的青蛙说：「我已经习惯了，懒得搬了。」几天后，田边的青蛙去探望路边的青蛙，却发现他已被车子压死，暴尸在马路上。

原来掌握命运的方法很简单，远离懒惰就可以了。 ? there is a chicken hatched when there is only just after a tortoise, then on the chicken egg shell on the back over a lifetime. From the heavy load that is very simple, stubborn to give up preconceived ideas on it. ? 有一只小鸡破壳而出的时候，刚好有只乌龟经过，从此以后小鸡就背着蛋壳过一生。

原来脱离沉重的负荷很简单，放弃固执成见就可以了。 ? When there is some kids want to angels, God give them a candlestick one person, ask them to maintain the light, resulting in one or two days later, not to God, all the children that no longer wipe Candlestick, God has a surprise visit to a day, every 。

4.求英语哲理小故事 急

people have a job to candidates, picked up the corridor to pick up the paper, into the dustbin by the passing of the population to see the official test, so he had the job. The original was appreciated very simple, to develop a good habit of it. 有一个人去应徵工作，随手将走廊上的纸屑捡起来，放进了垃圾桶，被路过的囗试官看到了，因此他得到了这份工作。

原来获得赏识很简单，养成好习惯就可以了。 ? Has a younger brother at a bicycle shop as an apprentice, someone sent a failure of the bicycle, boy apart from the car repaired, the car also organize such as the pretty new, other apprentices laughed him superfluous, then the employer will get back the second day of a bicycle , boy who was recruited into the employer's company. The original is very easy to get ahead at the expense of it. ? 有个小弟在脚踏车店当学徒，有人送来一部故障的脚踏车，小弟除了将车修好，还把车子整理的漂亮如新，其他学徒笑他多此一举，后来雇主将脚踏车领回去的第二天，小弟被挖角到那位雇主的公司上班。

原来出人头地很简单，吃点亏就可以了。 ? child mother has said: "Mother you pretty well today." The mother replied: "Why." The child said: "Since Mother is not angry today." That is pretty easy to have, as long as you can not be angry . ? 有个小孩对母亲说：「妈妈你今天好漂亮。

」母亲回答：「为什麽。」小孩说：「因为妈妈今天都没有生气。

」原来要拥有漂亮很简单，只要不生气就可以了。 ? There is a ranch owner, called him every day at Children ranch on hard work, a friend said to him: "Do not need you to let children work so hard, crops will be grown as well." Ranch owner replied: "I am not At cultivate crops, cultivate at me are my children. "cultivate the original Child is very simple, so that he can be a bear hardships. 有个牧场主人，叫他孩子每天在牧场上辛勤的工作，朋友对他说：「你不需要让孩子如此辛苦，农作物一样会长得很好的。

」牧场主人回答说：「我不是在培养农作物，我是在培养我的孩子。」原来培养孩子很简单，让他吃点苦头就可以了。

? there is a tennis coach of the students said: "If a tennis ball falling into the weeds, there should be how to get?" Someone replied: "From the beginning to find the centerline of haystacks." Someone replied: "From the beginning haystack to find the most hollow . "someone replied:" From the grass to find the longest place start. "coach announced the correct answer:" step-by-step from the lawn of a search into the other end of the grass. "look for the success of the original method is very simple, from one to ten Do not skip it. ? 有一个网球教练对学生说：「如果一个网球掉进草堆里，应该如何找？」有人答：「从草堆中心线开始找。」有人答：「从草堆的最凹处开始找。

」有人答：「从草最长的地方开始找。」教练宣布正确答案：「按部就班的从草地的一头，搜寻到草地的另一头。

」原来寻找成功的方法很简单，从一数到十不要跳过就可以了。 ? often there is a brightly lit store, someone asked: "are you in the end what the store brand of tube? So durable." Stores said: "We usually have a bad lamp, but for us it is broken on . "bright and original way to keep it simple, as long as you can usually replace. ? 有一家商店经常灯火通明，有人问：「你们店里到底是用什麽牌子的灯管？那麽耐用。

」店家回答说：「我们的灯管也常常坏，只是我们坏了就换而已。」原来保持明亮的方法很简单，只要常常更换就可以了。

? live frogs at the edge of the frogs living in the street said: "you here too dangerous to live here with me now!" Side of the road the frog said: "I have got used to not bother moving." A few days later , Tanabe frog street to visit the frog, they found the car he had been crushed to death, dead in the street violence. Hands the fate of the original method is very simple, lazy away from it. ?住在田边的青蛙对住在路边的青蛙说：「你这里太危险，搬来跟我住吧！」路边的青蛙说：「我已经习惯了，懒得搬了。」几天后，田边的青蛙去探望路边的青蛙，却发现他已被车子压死，暴尸在马路上。

原来掌握命运的方法很简单，远离懒惰就可以了。 ? there is a chicken hatched when there is only just after a tortoise, then on the chicken egg shell on the back over a lifetime. From the heavy load that is very simple, stubborn to give up preconceived ideas on it. ? 有一只小鸡破壳而出的时候，刚好有只乌龟经过，从此以后小鸡就背着蛋壳过一生。

原来脱离沉重的负荷很简单，放弃固执成见就可以了。 ? When there is some kids want to angels, God give them a candlestick one person, ask them to maintain the light, resulting in one or two days later, not to God, all the children that no longer wipe Candlestick, God has a surprise visit to a day, every 。

5.求一个简单易懂的英文哲理小故事

英文哲理故事：财富、成功和爱Wealth Success and LoveA woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she replied, "He's out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, "and he is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home." The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!" His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love." "Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?" The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success！"三个白须飘然的老人坐在妇人家院前歇脚，三人中，一个是“财富”，一个是“成功”，一个是“爱”。

妇人邀请他们进屋，三个老者笑呵呵地谢了她，身子却没动。 妇人惑然。

三个老人说：“我们不能同时进屋呀！不过，你可以去和你的家人商量，看你们最需要我们中的哪一个。” 妇人便进屋把老人的话说了。

丈夫惊喜道：“既然如此，我们就邀请财富老人吧，请他进来，让我们的屋里装满财富！” 妇人不同意：“亲爱的，我们为什么不邀请成功老人呢？做一切事情都能成功，那感觉会有多好！” 这时候，儿媳插嘴进来，说：“我们还是邀请爱吧，让我们的家时时处处都充满爱。” “那我们就听儿媳的吧！”一对夫妇朝儿媳点点头。

于是妇人出门，邀请爱的老人进屋作客。谁知爱的老人起身，成功老人和财富老人也都跟在后面。

妇人感到惊讶：“我们邀请的是‘爱’，你们两位怎么也一起来了？” 三个老人乐了：“哪里有爱，哪里就有财富和成功！” 上帝的咖啡God's Coffee一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchenand returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。

杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。

想想吧：生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们拥有的杯子既无法定义、也无法改变我们生活的质量。有时，由于我们只关心杯子，我们甚至不能够好好品尝上帝赐予我们的咖啡。

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of yourproblems and stress.Be assured that the cup itself adds n。

6.求50篇英语超短小故事

Speeding A speeding motorist was waved down by a police patrol car. “I'm going to give you a ticket for speeding,” said the policeman, writing his note. “You've been driving over 60 miles per hour.” “Would you mind making it 100, officer?” was the reply. “You see, I'm going to sell the car.。

7.含哲理的英语简单小故事

She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others 4)irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in. "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said. "What?" Mom asked. "Let's run through the rain!" She repeated. "No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied. This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain." "We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said. "No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm." "This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?" "Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!" The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. Time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said. Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories. So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day! To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain. Run Through the Rain 雨中的记忆 她和妈妈刚在沃尔玛购完物。

这个天真的小女孩应该6岁大了，头发是美丽的棕色，脸上有雀斑。外面下着倾盆大雨。

雨水溢满了檐槽，来不及排走，就迫不及待地涌向了大地。 我们都站在沃尔玛门口的遮篷下。

大家在等待，有的人很耐心，也有人烦躁，因为老天在给他们本已忙碌的一天添乱。雨天总引起我的遐思。

我出神地听着、看着老天洗刷冲走这世界的污垢和尘埃，孩时无忧无虑地在雨中奔跑玩水的记忆汹涌而至，暂时缓解了我这一天的焦虑。 小女孩甜美的声音打破了这令人昏昏欲睡的气氛，“妈妈，我们在雨里跑吧，”她说。

“什么？”母亲问。 “我们在雨里跑吧，”她重复。

“不，亲爱的，我们等雨小一点再走，”母亲回答说。 过了一会小女孩又说：“妈妈，我们跑出去吧。”

“这样的话我们会湿透的，”母亲说。 “不会的，妈妈。

你今天早上不是这样说的。”小女孩一边说一边拉着母亲的手。

“今天早上？我什么时候说过我们淋雨不会湿啊？” “你不记得了吗？你和爸爸谈他的癌症时，你不是说‘如果上帝让我们闯过这一关，那我们就没有什么过不去了。’” 人群一片寂静。

我发誓，除了雨声，你什么都听不到。我们都静静地站着。

接下来的几分钟没有一个人走动。母亲停了一下，在想着应该说些什么。

有人也许会对此一笑了之，或者责备这孩子的不懂事，有人甚至不把她的话放在心上。但这却是一个小孩子一生中需要被肯定的时候。

若受到鼓舞，此时孩子单纯的信任就会发展成为坚定的信念。“亲爱的，你说得对，我们跑过去吧。

如果淋湿了，那也许是因为我们的确需要冲洗一下了，”母亲说。然后她们就冲出去了。

我们站在那里，笑着看她们飞快地跑过停着的汽车。他们把购物袋高举过头想挡挡雨，但还是湿透了。

好几个人像孩子般尖叫着，大笑着，也跟着冲了出去，奔向自己的车子。当然，我也这样做了，跑了出去，淋湿了。

我也需要接受洗礼。环境或其他人可以夺去你的物质财富，抢走你的金钱，带走你的健康，但没有人可以带走你珍。

8.有没有简短的有哲理的英语小故事

A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair.

He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.

"If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food."

"Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food."

狼和羊

●狼被狗所咬，伤势很严重，痛苦地躺在巢穴里，不能外出觅食。

●他感到又饿又渴，这时，他看见一只羊，便请求他到附近的小河里为他取一点水来。

●“你给我一点水解渴”，他说，“我就能自己去寻找食物了。”

●“是呀”，羊回答说，“如果我给你送水喝，那么我就会成为你的食物。”

寓意： 谎言是经不起推敲的，它很容易被人们识破。

9.蕴含哲理的英语小故事,短一些的

自我意识

The man who is aware of himself is henceforth independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with profound yet temperate happiness. He alone lives, while other people, slaves of ceremony, let life slip past time in a kind of dream. once conform, once do what other people do finer than they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul, He becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.

凡是意识到自我的人从今往后才是独立的；他永远不知疲倦，他明白生命苦短，

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所以完全沉浸于深深的而又适度的幸福之中。他独立生活，而别人是繁文缛节的奴隶，在醉生梦死之中听从生命悄然流逝。一旦循规蹈矩，一旦人为亦为，呆滞就笼罩着灵魂中一切灵敏的神经和官能。灵魂变得徒有其表，其中空空；迟钝，木然、冷漠。

10.求一个英语小故事,简短,有哲理性就可以了

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

【译文】

老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情。要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”