The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

那些被世界称为不道德的书,是那些让世界感到羞耻的书。

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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.

我写过的每一本书都是用不同的方式写的。没有固定的写作时间,也没有固定的写作方式,我没有每次都重新发明写作的过程,但我几乎做到了。

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.

最大的礼物是对阅读的热情。它很便宜,它能安慰人,它能分散注意力,它能让人兴奋,它能让你了解世界,获得广泛的体验。这是一种道德启示。

Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.

人是一个微观世界,或者说一个小小的世界,因为他是从整个天空的所有恒星和行星中,从地球和元素中提炼出来的;所以他是他们的精髓。

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

原罪是关于人的一件事,它使人能够设想自己的完美,却不能实现它。

The great museums may harbour the conscience for the natural world, not merely provide its catalogue.

伟大的博物馆不仅提供目录,还可能怀有对自然世界的良知。

You could never be certain what you would find in a book that had spent time with someone else.

你永远无法确定在一本与他人共度时光的书中,你会发现什么。

I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now?

我做过的人都做过,我的人生做出了合理的展示。我现在可以回去看书了吗?

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

你带到火边,随手拿在手里的书,毕竟是最有用的。

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

爱是一种自身存在的能量。这是它自己的价值。

There is much to discover that's not on the back cover!

有很多发现不是在封底上!