A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Reading
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。
Books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.
书籍看起来好像包含了知识,而电子阅读器看起来好像包含了信息。
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
如果一个人不能一次又一次地享受读书的乐趣,那么读书就毫无用处。
Keep reminding yourself that literature is one of the saddest roads that leads to everything.
不断提醒自己,文学是通向一切的最悲哀的道路之一。
You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
如果你愿意,你可以自己读康德;但是你必须和别人分享一个笑话。
I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now?
我做过的人都做过,我的人生做出了合理的展示。我现在可以回去看书了吗?
Love doesn't sit there like a stone. It has to made like bread; remade all the time, made new.
爱不是一块木头,一动不动的坐在那里。它必须像面包一样;不断改造,不断创新。
A good book will pull you in from the beginning and take you on a journey you'll never forget.
一本好书会从一开始就吸引你,带你踏上永生难忘的旅程。
I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.
我不认为有人必须把一首诗读两遍有什么错。甚至是一本书。
Without imagination, there would be no creativity. Without creativity, there would be nothing.
没有想象力,就没有创造力。没有创造力,就没有一切。
I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.
我一直喜欢读书。但有时我一年不读书,因为我忘记了。
Kids often don't read the books at the right time because they think they've already read them.
孩子们通常不会在正确的时间读书,因为他们认为他们已经读过了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
没有道德或不道德的书。书要么写得好,要么写得不好。
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
没有作家的眼泪,就没有读者的眼泪。作家不感到惊讶,读者也不感到惊讶。
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
我从来不想和一个写得比读得多的人交谈。
When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.
当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.
优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。