Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. 先读最好的书,否则你也许根本没有机会去读了。 --Henry David Thoreau, American writer 美国作家 梭罗.H.D.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. 那些有好书却不读的人不比无法读到这些书的人拥有任何优势。 --Mark Twain, American writer 美国作家 马克·吐温
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries. 读好书,如同与先哲们交谈。 --Rene Descartes, French philosopher 法国哲学家 勒奈·笛卡尔
There are two motives for reading a book: one that you enjoy it; the other that you can boast about it. 读书有两种动机:一是从中获得乐趣;另一种则是可以向人夸耀。 -Bertrand Russell, British philosopher 英国哲学家 伯特兰·罗素
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking that makes what we read ours. 阅读只是用堆积的知识来充实大脑;只有思考才能使我们读过的东西真正成为自己的。 --John Locke, British philosopher 英国哲学家 约翰·洛克
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 读书不加思考,如同吃东西不经消化。 --Edmund Burke,Irish statesman 爱尔兰政治家 埃德蒙·柏克
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! 有多少人由一本书的阅读而开始其人生的新时代呀! --Henry David Thoreau, American writer 美国作家 梭罗.H.D.
It is not good only to read one person’s works and you can’t take advantage of multiaspects. Just like a bee, it makes honey by gathering many flowers. It can be very limited and boring if you only fix on one person's works. 只看一个人的著作,结果是不大好的;你就得不到多方面的优点。必须如蜜蜂一样,采过许多花,这才能酿出蜜来,倘若盯在一处,所得就非常有限、枯燥了。 --Lu Xun, Chinese writer 中国作家 鲁迅
The more you read, the more healthy and brave your spirit will be. 读书越多,精神就越健壮勇敢。 --Maxim Gorky, Russian writer 俄国作家 高尔基.M.
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, let to weigh and consider. 读书时不可存心诘难作者,不可尽信书中之言,亦不可断章取义,而应推敲细思。 --Francis Bacon,British philosopher 英国哲学家 弗朗西斯·培根