A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
阅读
Reading
Reading a great work of literature can truly be likened to having a conversation with a great mind.
阅读一部伟大的文学作品确实可以被比喻为拥有伟大思想的对话。
Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.
贝琪回到她的椅子上，脱下外套和帽子，打开书，又一次忘记了这个世界。
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
从你自己的几本好书开始你的生活是一件很棒的事情。
In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading.
在朱利安伯爵，我只是建议创建一个文本，将允许不同层次的阅读。
A matured woman is therefore a responsible woman irrespective of her age, status and qualification.
因此，成熟的妇女是负责任的妇女，不论她的年龄、地位和资格如何。
You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.
你会通过观察学到很多东西，但阅读能让你理解。读书使你自由。
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
我每次旅行都带着日记。每个人都应该在火车上读一些耸人听闻的东西。
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
有些书应该浅尝辄止，有些书应该狼吞虎咽，但只有少数书应该彻底咀嚼和消化。
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion of others.
文学作品中到处都是一些人的残迹，他们对他人的观点持有超越理性的看法。
I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they'd once belonged to the sea.
我想起了我的那堆旧平装书，书页摇摇晃晃，就像它们曾经属于大海一样。
Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.
是好奇。广泛的阅读。尝试新事物。人们所谓的智慧归根结底就是好奇心。
Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom.
大多数不读书的人只是一堆三流的观点和盲目接受的智慧。
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。
In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.
在书中，我不仅游历了其他的世界，而且进入了我自己的世界。
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
三思而后行。三思而后行。
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。
When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.
当我成为国王时，他们不仅有面包和住所，而且还有书本上的教导，因为在思想饥饿的地方，饱腹是没有什么价值的。
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。