The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is.

  • -- Allan Bloom 布鲁姆

没能读到好书,既削弱了我们的视野,也强化了我们最致命的倾向——即相信此时此地就是一切。

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I realise people exist who don't read. But it's like I knew there were people who didn't breathe or eat: I can't imagine a life like that.

我意识到不读书的人是存在的。但就像我知道有人不呼吸不吃饭一样:我无法想象这样的生活。

When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.

当我发现图书馆的时候,就像每天都过圣诞节一样。

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

愤怒从来不是没有理由的,但很少有好的理由。

The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.

读书最大的乐趣在于重读。

There is a ladder to Success! Choose to climb it.

成功是有阶梯的!选择攀登它。

Trying to force creativity is never good.

强迫创新从来都不是好事。