A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

一个人要翻半个图书馆才能写一本书。

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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。

Being a man it only makes you better off. Aint a rock band, no my shits never soft.

作为一个男人,这只会让你更好。不是一个摇滚乐队,不,我的大便从来不软。

For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind.

因为了解一个人的藏书室,在某种程度上就是了解他的思想。

So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale.

所以我决定开始写剧本,然后上了耶鲁大学。

Not writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

不写作很辛苦,几乎和写作一样辛苦。

Why by a book when you can join a library.

为什么要借一本书当你可以加入图书馆。