Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

读书之于心灵,犹如运动之于身体。

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Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

偶尔我会动一动做些运动。这是我渴望的东西,但最大的问题是弯下腰,穿上我的网球鞋。我一出去就没事了。

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

要抵抗老年的寒冷,就必须把身体、思想和心灵结合起来。为了保持这些活力,我们必须锻炼、学习和热爱。

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.

每本小说的第一句话都应该是:相信我,这需要时间,但这里有秩序,很模糊,很人性化。如果你想进城的话,就溜达溜达吧。

We believed in the existence in this country of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price and staked everything on it.

我们相信在这个国家存在着大量的以低价购买智能书籍的读者群,并把一切都押在了这上面。

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities.

我深信,我们作为一个机构,必须就选举舞弊问题进行正式和合法的辩论。

I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.

我不认为有人必须把一首诗读两遍有什么错。甚至是一本书。

Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us.

自然是我们身体之外的东西,但是思想在我们里面。

A newspaper is a circulating library with high blood pressure.

报纸是高血压的循环图书馆。

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

所有的有偿工作都会吸收并贬低人的心智。

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

运动是雅皮士版的暴食症。