An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.

  • -- Augustine Birrell 比勒尔

一个普通人可以用两千本书把自己包围起来,这样,他在这个世界上就至少有了一个可以快乐的地方。

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The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.

过去的几年是我最快乐的几年。我很高兴在那些年里,大多数人都是蓝色的,悲伤的,等待死亡。我一点也不觉得。微笑与此有很大关系。你只要微微一笑就能使你的精神振作起来。

I am very happy Because i have conquered myself and not the world. I am very happy Because i have loved the world and not myself.

我很高兴,因为我征服了自己,而不是世界。我很快乐,因为我爱的是这个世界,而不是我自己。

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

他喜欢阅读这一简单的行为,喜欢把书页上的划痕在脑子里变成文字的魔力。

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

通常,没有什么比回到一个你已经忍受了苦难的地方更令人愉快的了。

Happiness is a state of mind - we are as happy as we make up our minds to be.

幸福是一种精神状态——我们有多幸福就有多幸福。

The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.

不太痛苦的最安全的方法就是不要期望自己很快乐。

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

他爱书;书是冷漠而安全的朋友。

Well, limbo is not a good place to be.

嗯,地狱边缘不是一个好地方。