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。
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。
No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
不管你认为自己有多忙,你都必须找时间读书,否则你就会陷入自己选择的无知之中。
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。
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
三思而后行。三思而后行。
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.
书是飞机、火车和道路。它们是目的地,也是旅程。他们都回家了。
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。