The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

  • -- Francis Beaumont 弗朗西斯·博蒙特

获得更多的真正方法,是永远不要渴望获得太多。

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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

从真正意义上说,读过优秀文学作品的人比那些不会或不愿读的人活得更长。我们并不是只有一次生命;如果我们能读书,我们就能过上更多的生活,过上我们想过的各种各样的生活。

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

你们所愿的,过于我卑微的能力,我却倚靠那全能者的怜悯怜悯。

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

一个真正的朋友和一个好作家是不常见的。

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

压抑最初的欲望比满足随之而来的欲望要容易得多。