Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

  • -- Ezra Pound 以斯拉镑

正确地说,我们应该为权力而读书。人的阅读应该是人的强烈的生命力。这本书应该是一个人手中的光球。

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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

从真正意义上说,读过优秀文学作品的人比那些不会或不愿读的人活得更长。我们并不是只有一次生命;如果我们能读书,我们就能过上更多的生活,过上我们想过的各种各样的生活。

My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

我的经验告诉我,那些特别擅长经商的人之所以如此,不是因为他们知道什么,而是因为他们对更多知识的贪得无厌的需求。

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

这是一个很好的规则,读完一本新书后,在你读完一本旧书之前,绝不允许自己再读一本新书。

I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.

我一直喜欢读书。但有时我一年不读书,因为我忘记了。