When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

当一位老人去世时,一座图书馆被夷为平地。

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I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level.

我在国会图书馆找到了一份工作。我喜欢书,所以我觉得像在家里一样。我想,我最终会主修英语,在大学里教书。

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.

图书馆就像无知的汪洋大海中的一座孤岛,尤其是当图书馆很高,周围被水淹没的时候。

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

随着年龄的增长,你会发现勇气是公共生活中最珍贵的品质。

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

当你六英尺高的时候,每个人都爱你。