At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

晚上,当窗帘拉上,炉火摇曳,我的书获得了集体的尊严。

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I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could supply.

我宁愿有一个舒适的房间,里面放满了书,你可以给我最好的装饰。

Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.

有些人喜欢相信是书选择了这个人。

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

只有人有尊严;因此,只有男人才会有趣。

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

我们的虚荣心是我们尊严的宿敌。