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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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。

When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workman.

当一本书激发你的精神,激发你高尚而勇敢的情感时,不要用其他任何规则来评判这件事;它很好,是由一个好工人做的。

In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury.

在此期间,我敬拜神,将一切不义的事放在我所尊重的禁令之下,我厌恶恶人,却不加害于他们。

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。

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

我相信,只有当一个人花时间去思考是什么让另一个人感觉良好时,爱和笑声才会发生。

Call a girl pretty, and she'll forget it in an hour. Call a girl ugly, and she'll remember it for the rest of her life.

叫一个女孩漂亮,她一个小时内就会忘记。叫一个女孩丑,她会一辈子记住的。

We have to get away from the class warfare and recognize that we are growing jobs by helping small business.

我们必须摆脱阶级斗争,认识到我们正在通过帮助小企业增加就业。

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

有些画家把太阳画成黄斑,有些画家把黄斑画成太阳。

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

有两件事是无限的:宇宙和人类的愚蠢;我对宇宙也不是很确定。

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

危险不在于某一个阶级不适合治理,而在于每一个阶级都不适合治理。

Each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

每当一个孩子打开一本书,他就推开一扇把他和其他地方隔开的门。

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.

当我写一本书的时候,我把它变成我能写的最好的书。

The hard part is putting one word after another.

最难的部分是一个词接一个词。