《死亡詩社》講述了1959年，威爾頓預備學院以它凝重的風格受到了當時人們的尊敬。在那裏，教育的模式是固定的，不僅單調而且束縛了思想。然而這一切在一個新教師的手中發生了改變。John Keating 反傳統的教育方法給學院帶來了一絲生氣：在他的課堂裏，他鼓勵學生站在課桌上，用一個嶄新的視角去觀察周圍的世界；他向學生介紹了許多有思想的詩歌；他所提倡的自由發散式的思維哲學在學生中引起了巨大的反響。漸漸地，一些人接受了他，開始勇敢地面對每一天，把握他們自己的人生。
1.孩子們 你們必須…努力尋找自己的聲音,因為你等候起步的時間愈長,便愈不可能找到它。
Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.Because the longer you wait to begin,the less likely you are to find it at all.
2.在我的課堂上,你們將學習獨立思考,你們將學會品嚐文字與語言,不論他人如何告訴你,文字與思想能改變世界。
Now, my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again.You will learn to savor words and language.No matter what anybody tells you,words and ideas can change the world.
3.讓我看一顆因愚笨的夢想,而掙脱束縛的心,我就能讓你看見一個快樂的人,但唯有在夢中,人才能得到真正的自由,以前一直如此 將來依然不變。
"Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams,and I'll show you a happy man.But only in their dreams can men be truly free.Twas always thus, and always thus will be.
4.你冒險鼓勵他們成為藝術家。
You take a big risk by encouraging them to become artists, John.
5.“我到森林裏”,“因為我要過真正的生活”“我要活得充實”“吸取生命中的精髓”。
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately.I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life."
6.詩可由任何事物獲得靈感,只是別讓你的詩平凡。
poetry can come from anything with the stuff of revelation in it.Just don't let your poems be ordinary.
7.我們讀詩寫詩 非為它的靈巧,我們讀詩寫詩,因為我們是人類的一員,而人類充滿了熱情,醫藥 法律 商業 工程,這些都是高貴的理想,並且是維生的必需條件,但是詩 美 浪漫 愛,這些才是我們生存的原因。
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.And the human race is filled with passion.Medicine, law, business, engineering;these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.But poetry,beauty, romance, love;these are what we stay alive for.
8.對我來説，運動只是一種讓其他人把我們推向極致的機會,與逆境不屈抗爭，以無畏的氣勢面對敵人。
For me, sport is actually a chance for us to have other human beings push us to excel, Oh to struggle against great odds. To meet enemies undaunted。
9.當你認為你知道某件事時，必須再以不同角度看它,即使那看來似乎愚笨或錯誤，你們都必須試試。
Just when you think you know something,you have to look at it in another way. Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try!
10.你不是受契約束縛的奴隸,那不是你的突發奇想,你用你的堅信和熱愛 證明給他看,讓他知道這一點 如果他仍然不相信你,等你離開學校後 你可以做自己想做的事。
You are not an indentured servant.It's not a whim for you. You prove it to him by your conviction and your passion.You show him that, and if he still doesn't believe you,Well, by then, you'll be out of school, and you can do anything you want.
11.根本地活着 吸收生命中所有的精髓,驅逐一切無生命的萬物。
"To live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.To put to rout all that was not life
12.我站到講台上是想提醒我自己，我們必須時刻用不同的眼光來看待事物.
Why do I stand here? To feel taller than you? I stand on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly force ourselves to look at things in a different way. The world looks different from up here. If you don't believe it, stand up here and try it. All of you. Take turns.
13.死亡詩人致力於吸取生命的精華。
The Dead Poets was dedicated to "sucking the marrow out of life"。