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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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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

傻瓜有一种习惯，认为著名作家写的一切都令人钦佩。就我而言，我读书只是为了取悦自己，只喜欢适合我口味的书。

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It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

同样，如果一个人不不断地努力抹去自己的个性，他就写不出任何可读的东西。好的散文就像一扇窗户。

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The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.

一旦你宣布一套思想不受批评、讽刺、嘲笑或蔑视，思想自由就不可能实现。

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Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.

也许公开所有的批评对科学更好。

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

还有比焚书更严重的罪行。其中之一就是不读。

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To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.

对我来说，百科全书的魅力在于它知道——而我不需要知道。

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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

聪明的人既要量入为出，也要量入为出。

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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

自信比机智更有助于交谈。

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