Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

  • -- Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕·林肯

书可以告诉一个人,他最初的想法并不新鲜。

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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

对一个人来说,最好的书并不总是那些智者推荐的书,而是那些能满足他特殊需求的书,能满足他头脑中自然的渴望,因此能唤起兴趣,吸引思想。

Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.

只有当一本书是出于激情而写的时候,人们才有希望满怀激情地去阅读它。

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves.

书焚车行为。总是先驱。木桩,烤箱,万人坑的预兆。

If a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

如果一本书不能自我解释,那么它就不值得一读。