To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

养成读书的习惯,就是为自己建造一个避难所,使自己免受生活中几乎所有的不幸。

相关名言

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

我们为什么要去想那些可爱的东西呢?因为思考决定生活。把生活归咎于环境是一种普遍的习惯。环境改变生命,但并不支配生命。灵魂比周围的环境更强大。

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

没有什么比读一本有关礼仪的书更能使人迅速地倾向于进修道院了。有那么多琐碎的方式可以让我们犯下一些社会罪行。

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

世界上有太多的书不能在一个人的一生中读完;你必须在某个地方划清界限。

Books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.

书籍看起来好像包含了知识,而电子阅读器看起来好像包含了信息。

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

真正的书是不会错的。就像坠入爱河一样。

I think we really almost burnt ourselves out on one record.

我想我们在一张唱片上差点把自己累垮。

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

我几乎永远处于歇斯底里的状态。

Habit is a great deadener.

习惯是伟大的终结者。