To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

  • -- Barbara W. Tuchman 芭芭拉·W·图赫曼

对历史学家来说,图书馆是食物、庇护所,甚至是灵感之源。

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Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

就像我们长大后不再穿裤子一样,我们也不再穿熟人、图书馆、原则等等,有时裤子还没穿坏,有时——这是最糟糕的——还没有新裤子。

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

有一次,在禁酒令期间,我被迫几天只靠食物和水生活。

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

当事情变得棘手时,棘手的人会找个图书管理员。

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

如果食物是诗,诗不也是食物吗?