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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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I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.

我晚上经常难以入睡，所以当我躺在床上时，我就会想故事。这就是我思考的地方。我在阅读的时候也会得到很多想法——有时候读别人的故事会让我想起我自己的故事。

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

你想变得伟大吗?然后从存在开始。你想要建造一个巨大而崇高的结构吗?首先想想谦逊的基础。你的结构越高，它的基础就必须越深。

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I've always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician's work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.

我总是觉得我宁愿看演员、作家或音乐家的作品，也不愿真正了解这个人。如果你对一个艺术家了解太多，就会削弱他们的工作能力。

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I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

我提出了全人类的普遍倾向，一种对权力的永无休止的欲望，这种欲望只有在死亡时才会停止。

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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title.

每个人都把自己的过去封闭起来，就像一本用心去读的书的书页，而他的朋友只能读书名。

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At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.

最终，你与读者沟通的能力取决于你给他们的感觉。

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A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.

一本让我无聊到流泪的书忽视了人物塑造和散文的质量。

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I would rather have not gone through any of the litigation that I've had to go through.

我宁愿不经历任何我必须经历的诉讼。

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I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.

我再也听不到优美的散文所发出的音乐了。

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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

我一直自称是一个可怜的滑头。

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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.

书籍并非稀有的护身符和咒语。

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I write books to find out about things.

我写书是为了了解事物。

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I still don't know how to read music.

我仍然不知道如何读懂音乐。

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A poor man is always behind.

穷人总是落后。

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