The covers of this book are too far apart.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

这本书的封面相隔太远。

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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the  walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

我仍然觉得每一天都太短了,我无法去想所有的事情,我无法去散步,我无法读所有的书,我无法去见所有的朋友。

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里,也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。

There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

只有一种方法可以避免批评:什么也不做,什么也不说,什么也不做。

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

图书业发明文学奖项是为了刺激销售,而不是奖励有价值的人。

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

她善于引用别人的话,这是机智的有力替代品。

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

挑起智慧之鞭的人,不能抱怨自己因此而受到伤害。

You mark and celebrate errors, transforming failures into successes.

你记录和庆祝错误,把失败转化为成功。

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

艺术寄生于生活,正如批评寄生于艺术。