Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

没有什么比读一本有关礼仪的书更能使人迅速地倾向于进修道院了。有那么多琐碎的方式可以让我们犯下一些社会罪行。

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Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

毫无疑问,历史小说是教授历史的最好方法,因为它们讲述了历史事件背后的人类故事,并让读者产生想要了解更多的欲望。

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

礼仪意味着表现得比绝对必要的好一点。

The masses read with their stomachs.

群众凭胃读书。