Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

读书太多是一种心灵的压抑,熄灭了自然的蜡烛,这就是世界上有那么多无知的学者的原因。

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When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

当我从黑暗的电影院走到明亮的阳光下,我脑子里只有两件事:保罗纽曼和一个回家的车。

There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.

喝酒有两个原因:一是当你渴的时候,要把它治好;另一种,当你不渴的时候,防止它。

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

普遍地启发人民,身体和精神的暴政和压迫就会像邪恶的幽灵一样在黎明时分消失。

Be a prince; answer your God-given name...Take those limitations off your life and rule your world.

是一个王子;回答上帝给你的名字…把这些限制从你的生活中去除,统治你的世界。

Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.

迫害对他们产生了自然的影响。它为他们找到了一个教派;这使他们成为一个派系。

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book.

有很多糟糕的编辑试图把自己的观点强加在一本书上。

Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure

不要让任何人猜测你有自己的想法。最重要的是要纯洁

The heart has its reasons that reason does not know.

心有理智不知道的理由。