Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

有些书应该浅尝辄止,有些书应该狼吞虎咽,但只有少数书应该彻底咀嚼和消化。

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I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room.

我读公立学校的时候,比我的年级提前了五六年。我很无聊。我和我的一些老师订了一个合同,如果我不提太多的问题,我可以在教室后面工作。

I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.

我想我应该从莎士比亚的一首诗开始,但是我又想,我为什么要这样做呢?他从来不读我的书。

The point is, it didn't really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

重点是,这本书讲的是什么并不重要。重要的是它的意义。

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

三思而后行。三思而后行。