All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.

  • -- John Ruskin 约翰·罗斯金

一切书籍都可以分为二类,即:一时之书和永久之书。

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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

只有冒着生命危险,从一个小时到另一个小时,我们才能活下去。通常,我们事先对一个未经证实的结果的信念是使结果成为现实的唯一因素。

This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends.

这本书一劳永逸地教会了我,借助文字你可以多么容易地逃离这个世界!你可以在书中找到朋友,非常好的朋友。

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.

我们不能对事物加以区别对待。就事物而言,没有阶级差别。我们必须在哪里找到对我们有益的东西。

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

如果不是一颗宝石,甚至一朵花,我们应该把爱的思想作为礼物扔进朋友的心里,那将是天使的给予。

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

我们都有梦想。但是为了让梦想成真,它需要极大的决心、奉献、自律和努力。

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas -- a place where history comes to life.

图书馆,修改了苏格拉底的著名比喻,应该是思想诞生的产房——一个历史重现的地方。

With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.

闭上眼睛,我会触摸一本熟悉的书,把它的芳香深深吸进我的内心。这足以使我高兴。

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

不可能有一个没有梦想的社会。他们两周后就会死。

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

人类在第一本书问世的那天就不再是猿,而是被猿征服了。

No matter how many times you hurt me, I forgive you. I hate how you know it too.

无论你伤害了我多少次,我都原谅你。我也讨厌你知道这件事。

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

停止革命的时机是在开始,而不是结束。

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

用时间来衡量的演讲将随着时间而消亡。

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

我只害怕两件事:懒惰和胆小。

There are only two classes - first class and no class.

只有两节课——第一节课和没有课。