Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

  • -- Chanakya 考底利耶

书对愚蠢的人有用,就像镜子对盲人有用一样。

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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。

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public funds to pay for their infrastructures and other common needs.

我对私立学校没有意见。我和我的母亲都从大学毕业。私立学校是有用的,我们经常使用公共资金来支付他们的基础设施和其他共同需求。

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

在我旅行的过程中,那种认为一切值得知道的事情都是在剑桥知道的想法逐渐消失了。在这方面,我的旅行对我非常有用。

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

朋友唯一能给你的,就是给你一面镜子,让你看到自己高贵的一面。

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

良心是我们灵魂的镜子,它代表了我们生活中的全部错误。

A book that is shut is but a block.

有书闭卷不阅读,无异是一块木头。