A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

书是一面镜子:如果一只猿猴往里看,使徒几乎不可能往外看。

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From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to tell me its story.

从火、水、时间的流逝、疏忽的读者和审查人员的手中,我的每一本书都逃过一劫,讲述了它的故事。

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.

我没有理由隐藏我的感受,也没有理由谈论我读过的书,但我仍然这么做。

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

我想知道的都在书里;我最好的朋友会给我一本我没读过的书。

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?

我对着镜子对自己说,难道你曾经演过罗密欧吗?

I'd like to die with my boots on.

我宁愿穿着靴子死去。