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 you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.

当你掌握了数字,你就不会再读数字了,就像你读书时读单词一样,你也不会再读意义了。

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

没有理由改变你是谁,但如果你不是你,那么你需要承认这一点。

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

写作过程中有一个失败的比例。废纸篓的发展是有原因的。

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。

If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.

如果作家只是坐着谈论压迫,他们就不会有太多写作。

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

意识到我的思维过程本质上是无法控制的,这是令人宽慰的。

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

跨栏,短跑,一般来说,田径总是在你的脑海中。

You are never alone when you are reading a book.

当你读书的时候,你从不孤单。