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关于读书的英语名言 武夷山 辑译
今天是世界读书日，收集翻译了几条谈读书的英语名言，与大家分享。
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” Jojen说过，读书人在离世之前已经领略了千种人生。从不阅读的人只有一段人生。 引自美国小说家George R.R. Martin的《与龙共舞》
“We read to know we're not alone.” 我们阅读，从而知道自己并不孤独。 引自英国编剧William Nicholson的《影子世界》
“The more that you read, the more things you will know.The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” 读得越多，懂得越多。越是读万卷书，越想走万里路。 引自苏斯博士《我能闭着眼睛读书》
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 喝茶，我从不嫌杯子大。读书，我从不嫌篇幅长。
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again,there is no use in reading it at all.” 如果你不觉得反复读一本书是享受，则此书也不值得一读。 ----爱尔兰文学家王尔德
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” 我发现电视具有很好的教育功能，因为每当有人打开电视机，我就到另一房间去读书。
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.” 正是你阅读的那些不是非读不可的东西，才不可阻挡地决定了你成为什么样的人。 ----爱尔兰文学家王尔德
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” 书籍是特殊的可以随身携带的魔法物。 引自美国畅销书作家斯蒂芬.金的《论写作：对一门技艺的回忆》
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” 书籍是最不叨扰人、最忠实的朋友，是最好接近、最聪明的顾问，是最有耐心的老师。
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” 只是孩子喜欢的儿童故事绝不是优秀的儿童故事。
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” 只有那些非常脆弱的人才会拒绝文学和诗歌对自己发生影响。 ----卡桑德拉. 克莱尔，美国女作家
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” 要毁灭一个文化，并不需要焚书，只要设法让人们停止阅读即可。
“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.” 他说，睡眠固好，读书尤佳。
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” 让我们阅读吧，跳舞吧，这两桩娱乐对世人没有任何坏处。 ----法国文豪伏尔泰
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” 许多人，包括我在内，哪怕看到一本书都感到开心。 Jane Smiley，美国小说家，她是1992年普利策奖得主。引自其《看待小说的十三种方式》。
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” 先思考，再发言。先阅读，再思考。 ----Fran Lebowitz，美国女作家
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” 有些罪行比焚书还要恶劣，其中一宗罪就是不读书。
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