A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

一本成功的书不是由书里的内容组成,而是由书中遗漏的内容组成。

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The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes.

悉尼的重要性日益增加,在某种程度上必须归因于殖民地本身的繁荣状况、农民的工业、商人的成功事业,以及当地的特殊原因。

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world -- that I am able to change it in positive ways.

对我来说,成功意味着在这个世界上的有效性,我能够把我的想法和价值观带到这个世界上——我能够以积极的方式改变它。

When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation.

当作家死后,他们变成了书,这毕竟是一个不错的化身。

Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.

拥有一张成功的首张专辑是一回事,但拥有一张成功的第三张则是另一回事。

Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.

他们焚烧书籍的地方,最终会焚烧人类。

The door of success is marked "push" and "pull."

成功之门的标志是“推”和“拉”。