Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

  • -- Henry Ward Beecher 亨利·沃德·比彻

哪里的人性像书店那么脆弱?

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When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。

I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive reference books on my birthday.

我喜欢给人们我认为他们会喜欢的小说,在没有特定的场合——只是当我们一起在书店的时候。我喜欢在生日那天收到参考书。

You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.

你不能说任何关于书的事情,因为书就是书,书就是上帝。

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be.

当然,人只是人……但对他们来说,这似乎并不算什么。

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

我相信每个人的心灵都能从对他人行善中获得快乐。

I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me.

我想我应该去书店看看是什么感动了我。

I have never been able to resist a book about books.

我从来都无法抗拒一本关于书的书。

Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.

书籍既是我们的奢侈品,也是我们日常的食物。