Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

  • -- Walter Arnold Kaufmann 沃尔特·阿诺德·考夫曼

成功不是美德的证明。就一本书而言,迅速获得好评是缺乏实质内容和独创性的假定证据。

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The images of men's wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the worry of time and capable of perpetual renovation.

人的智慧和知识的形象保存在书中,免除了时间的烦恼,能够永远更新。

Books are like bacon for the mind.

书籍是心灵的咸肉。