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To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

  • -- Claude Adrien Helvetius 克劳德·阿德里安·海尔维提乌斯

限制媒体就是侮辱一个国家;禁止阅读某些书籍就等于宣布居民不是傻子就是奴隶。

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There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of intellectual refugees.

窗户上没有窗帘，书架上放不下的书像一群智力难民一样堆在地板上。

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When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

当我成为国王时，他们不仅有面包和住所，而且还有书本上的教导，因为在思想饥饿的地方，饱腹是没有什么价值的。

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There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的，所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的，所以更好。”

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I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free.

只要有书，我愿意自愿去监狱。因为有了书，我就自由了。

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The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

阅读的能力唤醒了我内心深处对精神活力的渴望。

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While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

当傻瓜逃避一套错误时，他们会碰到另一套错误。

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