Socrates understands that those who want to reform others must reform themselves, but many who've tried to imitate him have been less careful.

苏格拉底了解到,那些想改革他人者,必需先自我改革，但许多尝试,模仿他的人并没有仔细分辨这一点。

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You know--somebody else who remembers all Linda's childhood, some imitate came along, we don't say "different person" we say "same person lost lot of weight".

那些记得琳达童年模样的人,她的亲友会这么说，我们不会说，是不同的人了“,而会说，是减肥后的同一个人。

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A prudent man," he writes, "should always enter upon the paths beaten by great men and imitate those who have been most excellent, so that if his own virtue does not reach that far, " it at least is in the odor of it."

他写到：，“一位审慎的君子，应总是选择由伟人所开创的道路,并模仿那些,具有最优美德的人，如此一来若其自身的美德不及先人，至少仍能保有其风“

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