In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

  • -- S. I. Hayakawa S.I.Hayakawa公司

从真正意义上说,读过优秀文学作品的人比那些不会或不愿读的人活得更长。我们并不是只有一次生命;如果我们能读书,我们就能过上更多的生活,过上我们想过的各种各样的生活。

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As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

据我所知,只有一小部分数学家,甚至包括那些柏拉图主义者,接受这样的观点,即可能存在真实但不可知的数学事实。

You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young.

你不允许遭受别人所遭受的痛苦,你不允许失败或英年早逝。

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

当我们无力追随真理时,我们就应该追随最有可能发生的事。

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

学习读书就是点燃一团火;每一个拼出来的音节都是火花。

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

找些书,随便找个地方坐下,自己去读。

The real love is the man that can thrill you by kissing your forehead.

真正的爱是那个能亲吻你额头让你兴奋的男人。

It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.

当你不得不为此付出代价时,这并不是真正的冒险。