A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
图书
Books
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
只读一本书的人有祸了。
There is no friend as loyal as a book.
没有比读书更忠实的朋友了。
If you are good, they say you are weak.
如果你很好，他们会说你很弱。
No two persons ever read the same book.
没有两个人读过同一本书。
In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill.
在小说中，美是普通的。
So many freaks and not enough circuses.
这么多怪胎，又没有足够的马戏团。
Books are the most tolerant of friends.
书籍是最宽容的朋友。
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
穿上旧外套，买本新书。
Stories, A Portal to Anywhere but Here.
故事，一个通往任何地方的入口，除了这里。
The book's always better than the movie.
书总是比电影好。
A man only has a soul to be won or lost.
一个人只有一个灵魂可以赢得或失去。
The book is man's best invention so far.
这本书是迄今为止人类最好的发明。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We live and breathe words.
我们活着，呼吸着语言。
If a book is well written, I always find it too short.
如果一本书写得好，我总是觉得它太短了。
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty.
文学是一种人类活动，它对多样性、可能性、复杂性和艰巨性进行了最全面、最精确的描述。
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
读书不是为了反驳和驳倒，也不是为了相信和想当然……而是要权衡和考虑。
A book without words is like love without a kiss; it's empty.
一本没有文字的书，就像一场没有吻的爱情;它是空的。
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.
一本真正伟大的书应该在青年时读，在成熟时读，在老年时读，就像一座精美的建筑应该在晨光、正午和月光下看一样。