If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

如果所有的印刷商都下定决心不印刷任何东西,除非他们确信这样做不会冒犯任何人,那么印刷出来的东西就会很少。

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When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.

我死后,报纸上可能会有一两段。我的名字将会出现在大英博物馆阅览室的目录中,在一长串无人问询的书单的最前面。

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

我所受的教育是一种自由,我可以不加选择地阅读,而且一直睁大眼睛。

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.

当你看到一座城市的时候,就像读到每一个建造它的人的希望、抱负和自豪。

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

批评是有一定道理的。批评家就像一个助产士——一个专横的助产士。

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

也许每个人都有一本书在里面,虽然它可能不是一本很好的书。

I've always believed in spreading the gospel of good books.

我一直相信传播好书的福音。

Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.

阻止泄密是一种新的审查形式。

The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.

指责带给你刺痛,正是它的忠实之处。

There should be no censorship of mail.

不应该对邮件进行审查。

Love is almost never simple.

爱从来就不简单。