If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

  • -- Francois Mauriac 莫里亚克

如果你想告诉我一个人的心,不要告诉我他读了什么,而要告诉我他重读了什么。

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Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.

向你欢呼,快乐的精灵!飞鸟啊,你从来就不是一只飞鸟,从天上,或在天上,用你那博大精深的艺术,把你那饱满的心,浇灌在它的周围。

Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

哭一场,自有它的道理。但是你迟早要停下来,然后你仍然要决定做什么。

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

书应该放在最能让人欣赏的地方,而不是坐在那里不读,被遗忘的书架上积满灰尘,你不同意吗?

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading.

你写得很轻松,以显示你的教养,但写得容易,读起来难。

A woman has the form of an angel, the heart of a serpent, and the mind of an ass.

女人有天使的形状,蛇的心,驴的心。

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.

拥有上帝和好书为伴的人不会被称为没有朋友。