There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and reading a love letter.

  • -- Mortimer J. Adler 莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒

我能想到的只有一种情况,那就是男性和女性都努力比平时读得更好。而是当他们坠入爱河,读情书的时候。

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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

如果他们停止互相帮助,人类就会灭亡。没有相互帮助,我们就不能生存。因此,所有需要援助的人都有权向他们的同胞要求援助;有权柄赐给人的,没有一个人能不怀罪恶感地拒绝。

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else.

家务劳动是唯一一项男人可以一直不称职的活动,因为人们认为他们在其他方面都很能干。

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.

如果你曾经经历过一场真正的悲剧或悲伤,那么你说出来的话就完全是陈词滥调了。

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

我从来不想成为杂志封面上的模特。我代表大多数女性,对此我感到非常自豪。

Men’s greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women’s greatest strength is their facade of weakness.

男人最大的弱点是外表的坚强,女人最大的优点是外表的软弱。

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

我不相信说教。把阅读作为一种有趣的、有益的消遣来呈现会更有效。

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

的确,人即使活着不可能幸福,也希望幸福。

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

在这种情况下,我经常面临危险和死亡。

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

火药的真正用途是使所有的人都长高。

A book is not completed till it's read.

书不读不完。