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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

书籍是伟大的天才留给人类的遗产，它作为礼物代代相传，传给尚未出生的人。

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History, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... I read it a little as a duty; but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all - it is very tiresome.

历史，真正严肃的历史，我不可能感兴趣……我把它当作一种责任来读;但它告诉我的一切，既没有使我烦恼，也没有使我厌烦。教皇和国王的争吵，每一页都有战争和瘟疫;所有的男人都是那么一无是处，几乎没有一个女人——这是非常令人讨厌的。

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If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

如果除一人之外的所有人都持同一种意见，那么人类就没有理由压制那个人，正如他如果有权力，也没有理由压制人类一样。

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We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

我们读书要像交友一样谨慎。死者往往比生者拥有更大的权力。

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Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

无聊是……这对道德家来说是一个至关重要的问题，因为人类一半的罪恶都是由对罪恶的恐惧造成的。

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I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

我会做一些事情，比如坐上出租车说:“去图书馆，然后踩上去。”

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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

他不会，不会吗?然后把我的靴子拿来。

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