The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

那些被世界称为不道德的书,是那些让世界感到羞耻的书。

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A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by his characters, into presenting publicly his innermost feelings.

一本书,一本真正的书,是作者的忏悔室。因为,不管他愿不愿意,他的性格直接或间接地背叛了他,使他不得不公开表达自己内心深处的感情。

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman.

当一本书激发你的精神,激发你高尚而勇敢的情感时,不要用其他任何规则来评判这件事;它很好,是由一个好工人做的。

Just when I thought I was over you and just when I thought I could stand on my own. Oh, baby those memories come crashing through, and I just can’t go on without you.

就在我以为我已经忘了你,就在我以为我可以独立的时候。哦,宝贝,那些记忆突然出现,没有你我无法继续。

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

一个像爱自己国家一样爱其他国家的男人和一个像爱自己妻子一样爱其他女人的男人站在同一水平线上。

A lot of people assume you can think better with a slow diet of books, but that will not be the case for every reader. I prefer inundation.

很多人认为慢慢阅读可以让你更好地思考,但并不是每个读者都是这样。我更喜欢泛滥。

We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain.

我们从不停止阅读,虽然每一本书都有结尾,正如我们从不停止生活,虽然死亡是肯定的。

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

世界上所有的差异都是程度上的,而不是种类上的,因为统一是一切的秘密。

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

阅读是写作之后的一种活动:更顺从、更文明、更理智。

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

世界上没有哪个精神病学家像小狗舔你的脸一样。

Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen.

就像人们想在电子屏幕上读书一样。