A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand.

铁路就像一个谎言，你必须不停地建设它，让它屹立不倒。

A rainbow and a cuckoo’s song May never come together again; May never come This side the tomb.

彩虹和布谷鸟的歌声也许永远不会再在一起;也许永远不会来到坟墓的这一边。

A rainbow would not be without first the rain.

没有风雨，就不会有彩虹。

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

反动分子是倒着走的梦游者。

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.

反动分子是想回到以前的状态的人——在我的书里这是不可能的。对我来说，社会生活和个人生活中的一切都是不可逆转的。

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

一个读者在他死之前经历了一千次生命。从不读书的人只活一次。

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion.

读者应该能够抓住它，熟悉它的有组织的内容，使它成为一个易于管理的伙伴。

A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor.

读者很少愉快地阅读一本书，除非他知道作者是黑人还是白人，性情温和还是暴躁，已婚还是单身汉。

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

我认为读者应该在小说中遇到他们自己。

A reading machine, always wound up and going, He mastered whatever was not worth knowing.

他是一台阅读机器，总是上紧发条，不断前进，凡是不值得知道的，他都能掌握。

A real 'karma-yogi', who first acquires knowledge and then works for the welfare of people, quite naturally becomes popular and famous. There is no enemy of such a man but even if there are, he is able to vanquish them. His popularity in the society increases on account of his successes and good deeds.

一个真正的“修行者”，首先获得知识，然后为人民的福利工作，很自然地成为受欢迎和著名。这样的人没有敌人，但即使有，他也能战胜他们。由于他的成功和善行，他在社会上越来越受欢迎。

A real Centaur---part man, part horse’s ass. A rough appraisal, but curiously true.

一个真正的半人半马的半人半马的怪物。

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

真正的书不是我们读过的书，而是能读懂我们的书。

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

别人都走开的时候，真正的朋友仍与你在一起。

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

一个真正的想法不断变化，并出现在许多地方。