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Reading
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
因此,让我们温柔而仁慈地珍惜知识的手段。让我们敢于读、想、说、写。
I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.
我迫不及待地跳进书里。人物的生活比我自己孤独的心跳有趣得多。
This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her world.
这是她一生中唯一一次把书本作为走出牢房的门。他们成了她的半个世界。
That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
那种完美的宁静的生活,只有在静修中才能找到,一个忠实的朋友和一个好的图书馆。
If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places.
如果你不能在人生的早期就找到自己,你就会在所有错误的地方寻找你自己。
Your mouth is not given to you for feeding alone; it is given to you to programme events and circumstance around you.
你的口不是给你一人吃的。它是给你的节目事件和你周围的环境。
I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.
我愿意花点时间和精力给那些黑客评论者,以及那些阅读时动嘴的人。
Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.
领导者是读者,门徒想要被教导,每个人都有天赋,需要被训练成卓越的人。
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
阅读使我们成为移民。它把我们带离了家,但更重要的是,它为我们找到了无处不在的家。
Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.
每一位读者的存在都是为了确保某本书适度地不朽。从这个意义上说,阅读是一种重生的仪式。
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
书中有许多珍宝,是世界上所有的钱都买不到的,但是最贫穷的劳动者却可以免费得到。
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.
当写作好的时候,一本书就变成了一面镜子。读者会看到一种不可思议的熟悉感,并做出相应的反应。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
一本书证明了人类有能力使用魔法。
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
的经典。这是一本人们赞美却不读的书。
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。
By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.
通过阅读圣经,我是如此的新生,所有的自然似乎在我周围和我更新。天空似乎一片纯净,一片湛蓝,树木一片翠绿。整个世界充满了上帝的荣耀,我感到脚下有火焰和音乐。
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。
You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.
你永远找不到一杯足够大的茶或一本书足够长来适合我。