He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

  • -- Isaac Barrow 艾萨克·巴罗

爱书的人永远不会缺少一个忠实的朋友,一个健康的顾问,一个快乐的伴侣,或一个有效的安慰者。

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If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

如果我以前没有读过一本书,无论它是昨天出版的还是三百年前出版的,无论从任何意义上说,对我来说都是新的。

I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me.

在这段时间里,我一直对司提反忠心耿耿,就像他向我保证的那样。

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!

我说到做到,说到做到。大象百分之百的忠诚!

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

至亲至爱的朋友迟早会像亲戚一样无用。

An old friend met in a far country is like rain after drought.

我的一个老朋友在一个遥远的国家遇到,就像大旱之后的雨过天晴。

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

书塑造了我的思想;我对绘画的渴望。