A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
阅读
Reading
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
你不需要焚书来摧毁一种文化。让人们停止阅读。
The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it.
写作的唯一目的是让读者更好地享受生活或更好地忍受生活。
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.
喜欢读书的人通常是思想高尚、见解高尚的人。
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里,也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。
Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it.
拥有一本书是目标的三分之一。其他人正在阅读并应用它。
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
没有人能读懂一本深奥的书,除非他至少读过其中的一部分内容,并亲身经历过。
Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.
书和门是一回事。你打开它们,进入另一个世界。
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
阅读一切好书就像与过去几个世纪最杰出的人交谈。
Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.
你的书是如此的特别和珍贵,以至于宣扬你的感情感觉像是背叛。
Maturity of a woman is not in her age or size for age is just a number and size is figure.
成熟的女人不是在她的年龄或身材,因为年龄只是一个数字,而身材就是身材。
There were no books in the Afterwards, which the people thought was some serious bullshit.
后来没有书了,人们认为那是一派胡言。
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
一旦我们学会了阅读,词汇的意义就会不知何故在无意识中显现出来。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
学习读书就是点燃一团火;每一个拼出来的音节都是火花。
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
那些被世界称为不道德的书,是那些让世界感到羞耻的书。
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!
我声明,毕竟没有什么享受像阅读!一个人对任何事情的厌倦都比厌倦一本书快得多!
A word after a word after a word is power.
一个字接一个字就是力量。
We live and breathe words.
我们活着,呼吸着语言。