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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里，也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。

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Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament.

我宁愿让他认为太阳绕着地球转，星星在明亮的蓝色天空中闪烁着那么多的光芒，也不愿让他把这件事放在心上。

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When people get at each other's throat, the rich and the poor and the Left and the Right and so on, and you have a basic breakdown, that becomes very threatening.

当人们互相掐对方的喉咙时，富人和穷人，左派和右派，等等，你会有一个基本的崩溃，这变得非常有威胁。

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For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

长久以来，音乐家一直是音乐最大的敌人。他们缺乏改变信仰的欲望是一种背叛。

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Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.

这难道不是真正的浪漫吗?不是渴望逃避生活，而是阻止生活逃避你。

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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

要想读得好，一个人必须是发明家。然后是创造性阅读和创造性写作。

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I'd sold the book first. Actually to a paperback publisher. I had nothing. I just had the idea.

我先把书卖了。实际上是给平装本出版商的。我一无所有。我只是有个想法。

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Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

对待一本书要像蜜蜂对待一朵花一样，取其精华而不损害其精华。

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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

你永远找不到一杯足够大的茶或一本书足够长来适合我。

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I read a lot. I love books. If they came in a bottle, I'd be a drunk too.

我读了很多书。我喜欢书。如果它们装在瓶子里，我也会醉的。

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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

不要说‘我发现了真理’，而要说‘我发现了真理’。

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No one has ever become poor by giving.

没有人因为给予而变得贫穷。

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It's never fun to read death threats.

读死亡威胁从来就没有乐趣。

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Books are a uniquely portable magic.

书籍是一种独特的便携魔法。

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Read books. They are good for us.

看书。他们对我们有好处。

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