I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

我读得越来越少。我没有原谅书籍,因为它们没有告诉我真相,没有让我快乐。

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He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

不能宽恕别人的人,就等于打破了自己通往天堂的桥梁;因为每个人都需要被原谅。

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

文明人是那些从生活中得到比不文明人更多的东西的人,因此我们不太可能得到宽恕。

Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.

只有当一本书是出于激情而写的时候,人们才有希望满怀激情地去阅读它。

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

虚荣的篝火:这本书的教训是,永远不要开始相信你自己的媒体。

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.

在审判的日子,不会有人问我们读了什么,而是问我们做了什么。

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

人们试图把我的人生写成希腊悲剧,但他们做不到。我太高兴了。

The more you read, the better you get at it.

你读得越多,你就读得越好。

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

只要我能运用我的手艺,我就很高兴。