The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

  • -- Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀

一个人,不管是绅士还是女士,如果对一本好的小说不感兴趣,那他一定是愚蠢得令人无法忍受。

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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

无论绅士是否有能力,他都同样受到人们的爱戴;反之,心胸狭窄的人同样令人厌恶。

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

孩子们应该知道阅读是一种乐趣,而不仅仅是老师让你在学校做的事情。

The books housed in one's first adult bookshelf are the geological bed of who we wish to become.

一个人的第一个成人书架上的书是我们想成为什么样人的地质床。

Pleasure may come from illusion but happiness can come only of reality.

快乐可能来自幻想,但幸福只能来自现实。

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

人人都钦佩的书是那些没人读的书。

He is every other inch a gentleman.

他完全是个绅士。