When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.

  • -- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

当你老了,头发花白,睡意朦胧,在炉火旁打盹时,请取下这本书,慢慢地读,梦见你曾经眼神柔和,阴影深沉。

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To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations.

对一个爱书的人来说,伦敦的商店和书店有着不可抗拒的诱惑。

The dream is not what you see in sleep, dream is which does not let you sleep.

梦不是你睡觉时看到的那个样子,梦是不让你睡觉的那个样子。

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

没有比读书更便宜的娱乐,也没有比读书更持久的乐趣。

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

一个人不能点燃一个已经失去的世界。

Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep.

孩子们总是在睡觉前最调皮捣蛋。

Young wood makes a hot fire.

嫩木生旺火。