Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

就像我们长大后不再穿裤子一样,我们也不再穿熟人、图书馆、原则等等,有时裤子还没穿坏,有时——这是最糟糕的——还没有新裤子。

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The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools even closing their libraries. Parents have to realize that it's their job, and not the school's job, to get kids into the habit of reading for fun.

事实上,我们的孩子不读书——或者坦白地说,最近什么都不读书。学校资金不足,一些学校甚至关闭了图书馆。家长们必须意识到,让孩子们养成读书取乐的习惯是他们的工作,而不是学校的工作。

A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science.

因此,对促进一项研究和对最完全占用时间的其他工作的职责的促进存在着一种强大的吸引力,而这比任何科学知识对其他工作的促进作用都要小。

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

使用书籍最成功的方法是像某些人做领主一样为他们服务;学习他们的头衔,然后吹嘘他们的熟人。

We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.

我们应该烧毁所有的图书馆,只保留那些每个人都熟记在心的东西。一个美丽的传奇时代将开始。

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

一个垂死的人需要死亡,正如一个困倦的人需要睡眠一样,总有一天抗拒是错误的,也是无用的。

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't.

谁是最合适的人选?我们都创造了对方无法承受的局面,然后又因为对方无法承受而心碎。

And next time you're planning to injure yourself to get me attention, just remember that a little sweet talk works wonders.

下次你想通过伤害自己来引起我的注意时,只要记住一句甜言蜜语就能创造奇迹。

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

我们的生命是用来度过的,而不是用来拯救的。