柏拉图有一天问老师苏格拉底什么是爱情
苏格拉底叫他到麦田走一次
要不回头地走
在途中要摘一棵最大最好的麦穗
但只可以摘一次
柏拉图觉得很容易
充满信心地出去
谁知过了半天他仍没有回去
最后，他垂头丧气出现在老师跟前诉说空手而回的原因：
"很难得看见一株看似不错的，却不知是不是最好，不得已，因为只可以摘一次，只好放弃，再看看有没有更好的，到发现已经走到尽头时，才发觉手上一棵麦穗也没有"
这时，苏格拉底告诉他：
"那就是爱情"
柏拉图有一天又问老师苏格拉底什么是婚姻
苏格拉底叫他到彬树林走一次
要不回头地走
在途中要取一棵最好、最适合用来当圣诞树用的树材
但只可以取一次
柏拉图有了上回的教训
充满信心地出去
半天之后，他一身疲惫地拖了一棵看起来直挺、翠绿，却有点稀疏的杉树
苏格拉底问他："这就是最好的树材吗？"
柏拉图回答老师：
"因为只可以取一棵，好不容易看见一棵看似不错的又发现时间、体力已经快不够用了，也不管是不是最好的，所以就拿回来了"
这时，苏格拉底告诉他：
"那就是婚姻"
柏拉图又有一天又问老师苏格拉底什么是外遇
苏格拉底还是叫他到树林走一次
可以来回走
在途中要取一支最好看的花
柏拉图又充满信心地出去
两个小时之后，他精神抖擞地带回了一支颜色艳丽但稍稍焉掉的花，
苏格拉底问他："这就是最好的花吗？"
柏拉图回答老师：
"我找了两小时，发觉这是最盛开最美丽的花，但我采下带回来的路上，它就逐渐枯萎下来"
这时，苏格拉底告诉他：
"那就是外遇"
又有一天又问老师苏格拉底什么是生活
苏格拉底还是叫他到树林走一次
可以来回走
在途中要取一支最好看的花
柏拉图有了以前的教训
又充满信心地出去
过了三天三夜，他也没有回来。
苏格拉底只好走进树林里去找他，最后发现柏拉图已在树林里安营扎寨。
苏格拉底问他："你找着最好看的花么？"
柏拉图指着边上的一朵花说："这就是最好看的花吗。"
苏格拉底问："为什么不把它带出去呢？"
柏拉图回答老师：
"我如果把它摘下来，它马上就枯萎。即使我不摘它，它也迟早会枯。所以我就在它还盛开的时候，住在它边上。等它凋谢的时候，再找下一朵。这已经是我找着的第二朵最好看的花。”
这时，苏格拉底告诉他：
"你已经懂得生活的真谛了"
One day, Plato asked Socrates What love is.
Socrates said: I ask you to go across this rice field, pick up and bring back the biggest and best ear of wheat, but remember one thing, you cannot go back, and you just have one chance.
Then Plato did so, but he came back with nothing after a long time.
Socrates asked him why?
Plato answered: I once saw some very big and good wheat when i walked through the field, but i was always thinking that maybe there would some bigger and better ones, so i just passed by; but what i saw later is not better than before, so i had nothing at last.
Socrates said this is love.
Another day, Plato asked Socrates What marriage is.
Socrates said: I ask you to go across this forest, cut down and bring back the thickest and solidest tree as the Christmas tree, but remember one thing, you cannot go back and you just have one chance.
Then Plato did so, but he just brought back a not tall and solid but just good one.
Socrates asked him why?
Plato said: I saw some very good trees on my way in the forest, this time, i learned something from the last event of wheat, so i just chose this good one. If i didnot, i was afraid that i would come back with nothing again, though this one was not the best one i had seen.
This time, Socrates said with significance this is marriage.
One more time, Plato asked Socrates what happiness is.
Socrates said: I ask you to go across this field, pick the most beautiful flower, but remember one thing, you cannot go back, and you just have one chance.
Then Plato did so, and he came back with a fairly pretty flower.
Socrates asked him was this the most beautiful one.
Plato said: I saw this beautiful flower, picked it and thought this was the most beautiful one, when i walked in the field. And even I saw many beautiful ones, I still believed this was the most beautiful one, so i brought it back.
Then Socrates said profoundly this is happiness.
Again, Plato asked his teacher Socrates what affair is.
Socrates asked him to go through the forest again, and he could go back and bring back the most beautiful flower.
Plato went out with confidence, and came back, bring a bright but a little withered flower after two hours.
Socrates asked him whether this was the most beautiful flower.
He answered to his teacher: I was looking for the prettiest one for two hours and found this was the one, but on my way back, this picked flower was becoming withered.
Then Socrates told him this is affair.
The other day, Plato asked his teacher Socrates what life is.
Socrates asked him again to go through the forest, he could go back but must bring back the most beautiful flower.
Plate learned from last experience and went out with great confidence.
Three days passed, he didnot come back.
Socrates just walked into the forest to look for him and finally found him had pitched a camp in it.
Socrates asked him whether he had found the prettiest flower.
He pointed at a flower beside him and said this was the one.
Socrates asked him why he didnot bring it back.
He answered: If i did, it would be withered soon. Even i didnot, it would be sooner or later. So I was beside it when it was in its best blossom, and when it died, I would find the next; this was the second one i found here.
This time, Socrates told him: now you've already known the truth of life.
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