来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第4集 第4集》

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  Moderation is this wonderfully great important thing
  谦卑对希腊人来说是很重要的品质
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  for the Greeks.You must act in moderation.
  人必须表现得谦逊
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  They don't ask you to just
  希腊人不要求你表现得很谦卑
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  be humble and throw yourself on the ground
  也不会把你一脚踩在地上
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  and consider yourself as nothing compared to the god,or the gods.
  认为你与上帝或诸神相比一无是处
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  Be a man, be proud of what you should be proud of,
  作为一个凡人 你可以为值得自豪的事自豪
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  but don't go beyond limit of what is human,
  但是不能超越凡人的界限
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  because if you do terrible things will come.
  因为一旦越界 就会灾难临头
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  Seek fame, we all want that,and I'll say more about that,
  功名利禄 世人所逐 但我想多说一句
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  but you can't push it too far,
  凡事要有限度
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  there has to be some kind
  也就是说 你的行为
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  of a reasonable human limit to what you do.
  该有某种合乎常人行为的界限