A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

书是一面镜子:如果一只猿猴往里看,使徒几乎不可能往外看。

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Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.

我写的每一本书都是不同的理解尝试,而前一本书的成功或失败是无关紧要的。我写我想要的书。

Mirrors don’t lie. They only show a part of truth. A broken mirror can enlarge a face up to a dimension of a small planet. A problem of reflection? A point of view.

镜子不会说谎。他们只显示了部分事实。破碎的镜子可以把一张脸放大到一个小行星的尺寸。反思的问题?一个观点。

If you are looking for a friend that will never change, go to the shelves, you'll find it there. It will never change and will stay the same today and forever.

如果你正在寻找一个永远不会改变的朋友,去书架上找,你会找到的。它永远不会改变,将永远保持不变。

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

读书就相当于用别人的头脑思考,而不是用自己的头脑思考。

I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.

我可以看着镜子里的自己,我可以感到自豪。

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

好书不会一下子把所有的秘密都泄露出来。