To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.

  • -- Francis Yeats-Brown 弗朗西斯·叶芝·布朗

对我来说,百科全书的魅力在于它知道——而我不需要知道。

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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

书不过是废纸,除非我们把睡着时获得的智慧付诸行动。当我们对生者感到厌倦时,我们可以向死者寻求安慰,因为他们在谈话中没有丝毫的乖戾、骄傲和故意。

Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.

大多数时候,我只是对电视感兴趣,当我还是个孩子的时候,我收集的大部分阅读材料都是对这个核心问题的补充,包括漫画书和杂志。

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

我写了一本书。这将使一些人感到相当震惊。他们认为我不会读书,更不用说写字了。

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.

文学作品中到处都是一些人的残迹,他们对他人的观点持有超越理性的看法。