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To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

  • -- Claude Adrien Helvetius 克劳德·阿德里安·海尔维提乌斯

限制媒体就是侮辱一个国家;禁止阅读某些书籍就等于宣布居民不是傻子就是奴隶。

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Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

书不是为了让人相信，而是为了让人去探究。当我们思考一本书的时候，我们不能问自己它说了什么，而是它意味着什么……

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Some people read books on musicians, while I read music books. Not books on music, but literally books full of sheet music. Fascinating reading.

有些人读关于音乐家的书，而我读音乐书。不是关于音乐的书，而是充满乐谱的书。有趣的阅读。

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Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

理智比主人更专横地指挥我们;因为不听从那一位，我们就是不幸的;不听从那一位，我们就是愚昧的。

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The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.

作家写一本书是为了忘记一本书，而读者读一本书是为了记住它。

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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

如果没有一群愚蠢的人作伴，一个聪明的人往往会不知所措。

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You mark and celebrate errors, transforming failures into successes.

你记录和庆祝错误，把失败转化为成功。

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