Do not tell me the books you have read,let me glean it from your conversation. Do not tell me of the people you associate with,let me observe it by your manners. 不必告诉我你曾经读过什么书,我可以从你的言谈中察知。不必告诉我你同什么人交往,我可以从你的举止中看出。 --Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker 美国思想家 艾默生.R.W.
From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings. 你从父母那里学会爱,学会笑,学会走路,可是打开一本书,你会发现你有了翅膀。 --Helen Hayes, American actress 美国演员 海伦·海丝
Books are the best friends. No matter what difficulties you meet with in life, you can turn to them for help and they will never discard you. 书籍是最好的朋友。在生活中遇到任何困难,都可以向它求助,它们永远不会弃你而去。 --Alphonse Daudet, French Writer 法国作家 阿尔封斯·都德
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. 养成读书的习惯,就给你自己建造了一座逃避人生几乎所有不幸的避难所。 --W.S.Maugham, British novelist 英国小说家 毛姆.W.S.
Books are a guide in youth and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. 书籍是青年人的指南,老年人的娱乐。孤寂时,书籍给我们力量,使我们摆脱精神负担。 --Jeremy Collier, English bishop 英格兰主教 柯里尔.J.
In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. 在最高层的文明里,书仍是最高层次的乐趣。 --R.W.Emerson, American thinker 美国思想家 爱默生.R.W.
A book is a friend that never betrays. 书是永不背叛的朋友。 --S.W.S Gilbert, British playwright 英国剧作家 吉尔伯特.W.S
What I like best is a ook that's at least funny once in a while.What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though. 我最喜欢的是读起来不时使你会觉得好笑的一本书。真正使我钦佩的是这样一本书,当你从头到尾读完它后,你希望写它的作者是一位你极好的朋友,你能在你愿意的时候给他打电话。虽然,这种情况并不多见。 --J.D.Salinger, American writer 美国作家 塞林格.J.D
A healthy mind is in a healthy body. 健康的思想寓于健康的身体之中。 --Juvenal, Ancient Roman satirist 古罗马讽剌家 朱文诺尔
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. 没有时间娱乐的人,迟早得有时间生病。 -- American Businessman J.Wanamaker 美国商人 沃纳梅克.J.