社会生活在本质上是实践的 Social life is，in essence，practice
社会生活在本质上是实践的。
——〔德〕马克思
Social life is，in essence，practice。
（Germany）Karl Marx
尊重人不应该胜于尊重真理。
——〔古希腊〕柏拉图
Respecting people should not be more than respecting truth。
（Ancient Greece）Plato
真理是存在的顶峰，正义就是在实践中运用真理。
——〔美〕爱默生
Truth is the peak of existence；justice is to use the truth in practice。
（America）Ralph Emerson
人类用认识的活动去了解事物，用实践的活动去改变事物，用前者去掌握宇宙，用后者去创造宇宙。
——〔意大利〕克罗齐
Men use the activity of knowing to understand things，use the activity of practising to change things；the former is applied to control universe and the latter to create universe。
（Italy）Croce
人的价值并不取决于是否掌握真理或自认为真理在握，决定人的价值的是追求真理的孜孜不倦的精神。
——〔德〕莱辛
The worth of a man does not depend on whether he possesses truth or that he believes so，but depends on the incessant efforts in the pursuit of truth。
（Germany）Lessing
一个人只要肯深入到事物表面以下去探索，哪怕他自己也许看得不对，却为旁人扫清道路，甚至能使他的错误也终于为真理的事业服务。
——〔美〕博克
So long as a person can try to probe into things，even though his thought may be incorrect，he pave the way for others，or at last makes his incorrectness serve the truth career。
（America）Robert Bork
真理是认识事物的工具，是人们前进和上升道路上的阶梯。真理是从人类的劳动中产生的。
——〔苏联〕高尔基
Truth is a tool which helps people to understand the world，a ladder which leads people to advance and go forward，and a product from people s hard labor。
（Russia）Gorky
追求客观真理和知识是人的最高和永恒的目标。
——〔德〕爱因斯坦
Seeking for objective truth and knowledge is men s highest and everlasting goal。
（Germany）Einstein
抗拒真理是以卵击石。
——苏联谚语
Resisting truth is like hitting stones with eggs。
Russian proverb
