An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.

  • -- Augustine Birrell 比勒尔

一个普通人可以用两千本书把自己包围起来,这样,他在这个世界上就至少有了一个可以快乐的地方。

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I could recognize his soul in mine as much as he could find me in his. Our sole existences seemed to have been for this very moment when nothing else mattered.

我能在我的灵魂中认出他的灵魂,就像他能在他的灵魂中找到我一样。我们唯一的存在似乎就是在这一刻,其他一切都无关紧要。

The secret of happiness is to enjoy the moment, without allowing unhappy memories or fear of the future to shadow the shining present.

幸福的秘诀在于享受当下,不要让不愉快的回忆或对未来的恐惧遮蔽了闪亮的现在。

Everything goes, everything is lost, eventually. But if something is good, it doesn't matter what happens. The ending is still happy.

一切都去了,一切都失去了,最后。但如果某件事是好的,发生什么都不重要。结局仍然是幸福的。

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

我们大多数人相信,只有当别人能以我们认可的方式快乐时,我们才会努力让他们快乐。

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

图书馆里住着夜里从书页里出来的精灵。

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

除非你和感情打交道,否则感情在生意上是没有地位的。

I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.

我看到阿德莱德是最昂贵、最便宜的居住地。

Real happiness cannot be bribed by anything sordid or low.

真正的幸福是不能被任何肮脏或低下的东西收买的。