Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.

  • -- William Temple 坦普尔

书籍和谚语一样,其主要价值来自它们所经过的时代的印记和尊重。

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There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

世界上有太多的书不能在一个人的一生中读完;你必须在某个地方划清界限。

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

只有当你要在书中说出你永远不敢对任何人吐露的事情时,你才会写书。