A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
书
Book
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.
对“最伟大的一代”和随后出版的书的回应是我一生中最令人满意的经历之一。
People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
人们给了我机密信息，但总是附带着免责声明:“这永远不会成为一本书的结尾。””“从来没有。
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
古代作家的赞美不是来自对死者的崇敬，而是来自对生者的竞争和相互嫉妒。
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
书是终极的哑巴:把它们放下，它们会永远等你;关注他们，他们也会爱你。
Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them.
尽管大多数产品很快就会变得太贵而难以购买，但在如何解决这些问题的书籍销售方面，将会有一个蓬勃发展的市场。
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
我不认为任何一本好书是建立在事实经验的基础上的。坏书是作者在写之前就已经知道的东西。
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
就好书而言，重点不是看你能读多少本，而是看你能读多少本。
Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.
有时候，你读了一本非常特别的书，读完之后，你想把它带在身边几个月，就为了靠近它。
The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
在他所上的几乎每一门课上，在他所读的几乎每一本书中，黑人的劣等思想都在他脑海中根深蒂固。
The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.
散文的语言和电影的语言非常不同，所以电影必须成功地翻译书中的内容。
My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
我的下一本书——每一本书我都在写——在我的脑海中翩翩起舞，每一个情节都让我感到兴奋。如果没有，我为什么要写呢?
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
如果所有的印刷商都下定决心不印刷任何东西，除非他们确信这样做不会冒犯任何人，那么印刷出来的东西就会很少。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If a book is made up of things that are hard to believe, then we were like something out of a book.
如果一本书是由难以置信的东西组成的，那么我们就像从书中走出来的东西。
A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.
一本精心挑选的书可以拯救你的一切，包括你自己。
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
阅读所有的好书就像与过去几个世纪最杰出的人交谈。
The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.
使用书籍最成功的方法是像某些人做领主一样为他们服务;学习他们的头衔，然后吹嘘他们的熟人。
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
好朋友，好书和一个昏昏欲睡的良心:这是理想的生活。
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
经典是一本永远没有把它要说的话说完的书。