This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

  • -- Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特·哈伯德

除非我们买书的钱比买口香糖的钱还多,否则我们永远不会成为一个文明的国家。

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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.

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。

As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book.

当你为它做好准备时,在某个地方或其他地方,你会发现什么是你需要的书。

A book tightly shut but is a block of paper.

一本书紧紧地合在一起,不过是一张纸。

A good book is an event in my life.

一本好书是我生命中的一件大事。