孔子曰，益者三友，损者三友，友直，友谅，友多闻，益矣，友便辟，友善柔，友便佞，损矣。
白话导读
孔子说：有益的朋友有三种，有害的朋友有三种。同正直的人交友，同诚信的人交友，同见闻广博的人交友，就有益；同惯于逢迎谄媚的人交友，同善于当面奉承的人交友，同巧言善辩的人交友，就有害。
James Legge 英译
Confucius said, "There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation:—these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued:—these are injurious."
译注：James Legge 公版英译，1893 年原版。
注释
- 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
- 简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。