A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
书是一面镜子:如果一只猿猴往里看，使徒几乎不可能往外看。
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
书是一面镜子:如果一只猿猴往里看，使徒几乎不可能往外看。
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.
书是一面镜子;如果一头驴往里面窥视，你就不能指望使徒往外窥视。
A book is a physical souvenir, a concrete instantiation of your ideas in a physical object, something that gives your ideas substance and allows them to travel.
书是一种有形的纪念品，是你的想法在有形物体中的具体体现，它赋予你的想法以实质，让它们得以传播。
A book is a vacation for the mind. My books will take you inside my mind, so feel free to make yourself at home. Do as you please, but please don’t put your feet up on my hippocampus.
书是心灵的假期。我的书会把你带进我的脑海，所以请不要拘束。随你的便，但请不要把你的脚放在我的海马上。
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
书是世界的一个版本。如果你不喜欢它，忽略它;或者提供你自己的版本作为回报。
A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.
一本书是一件极好的礼物。虽然它可能会磨损，但它永远不会变老。
A book is completed only when it is finished by a reader.
只有当读者读完一本书，它才算完成。
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
读书为伴。它充满了不饶舌的谈话。它以完全的训诲，达到你所羡慕的，却永不追赶你。
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
一本书就像一根绳子;它的意义只与它联系在一起的事物有关。
A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own water, you work the handle with your own strength. You do this because you expect to get back more than you give.
一本书就像一个泵。它不会给你任何东西，除非你先给予它。你用你自己的水启动水泵，你用你自己的力量操纵手柄。你这样做是因为你期望得到的比你付出的多。
A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.
一本书不仅仅是材料的总和。它是人类思想和手的产物。
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
一本书永远不是杰作:它变成了杰作。天才是死人的才能。
A book is never finished; it's abandoned.
一本书永远写不完;这是放弃了。
A book is not completed till it's read.
书不读不完。
A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.
一本书并不是无害的，仅仅因为没有人有意识地被它冒犯。