A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
阅读
Reading
We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.
我们这些爱读书的人知道，阅读不同于其他任何事情，它不仅对你有好处，而且充满乐趣。
Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.
书是我们之间传递的情书(或道歉信)，在我们的言语之外增加了一层对话。
Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.
幸运的是，我总是带着一本书去旅行，以防我不得不排队等圣诞老人，或者其他一些不便。
Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.
最后，由于睡得那么少，读得那么多，他的脑子干瘪了，完全失去了理智。
The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.
当一个人学会阅读的东西对他的生活没有任何重要意义时，他的阅读能力就会贬值。
Books act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into consciousness what you didn’t know you knew.
书籍就像胶片上的显影液。也就是说，他们把你不知道你知道的东西带入意识。
A woman that is patient has the ability to endure provocation, pain, annoyance etc, with much calm and strength.
一个有耐心的女人有能力忍受挑衅、痛苦、烦恼等，而且非常平静和坚强。
An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.
没有读过的书对任何人都没有好处。故事发生在读者的脑海中，而不是印在纸上的符号之间。
The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
亚细亚信条对我来说是轻松易懂的阅读，与现在许多被认为是科学的东西相比。
If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
如果我们致力于阅读以增加我们的知识，只有上帝才能限制我们在这个世界上走多远。
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.
科幻电影与科学无关。它们是关于灾难的，这是最古老的艺术主题之一。
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
拿破仑说的每一句话，他写的每一行字，都值得一读，因为这就是法兰西。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
教育造就了一大批人，他们会读书，但是不会区别什么书值得读。
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实。善于交谈的人;写一个严谨的人。
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。
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。
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。
Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
读一千本书，你的话就会像河流一样流淌。