The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is.

  • -- Allan Bloom 布鲁姆

没能读到好书,既削弱了我们的视野,也强化了我们最致命的倾向——即相信此时此地就是一切。

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I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.

我来告诉你真正的问题是:这些人的工作假设是他们更了解什么对孩子有好处,孩子需要学习什么才能在这个世界上取得成功。

If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.

如果你因为周围的坏人而闭上眼睛,你就不会看到好人走过。

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

审查员是尖刻评论的专家。审查官是一个知道的比他认为你应该知道的更多的人。

You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear; you will reach your destination.

亲爱的,你不可能一跃而起就达到最高的高度;你会到达你的目的地。

Criticism demands infinitely more culture than artistic creation.

批评比艺术创作更需要文化。

Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.

别理她……她读了很多书。