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In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

                                   T. Carlyle

书里存在着全部历史的精髓。

卡莱尔

Only two classes of books are of uiniversal appeal. The very best and the very worst.                         

F. B. Ford

只有两类书受到普遍欢迎：最最好的和最最坏的。

福特

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

T. Carlyle

一本好书是人的灵魂的最纯洁的本质。

卡莱尔  

It is with books as with young girls. It is often the best, the worthiest that are left the longest on the shelf. Yet eventually someone comes who recognizes them and draw them from the darkness of seclusion into the light of a fine sphere of activity.

                                        L. Feuerbach

书和年轻的姑娘们一样，常常是最好的最有价值的置于架上的时间最长，无人问津。但最终有识货的人前来将其从隐身的的黑暗处取出，带进一片美好的充满活力的光明天地。

费尔巴哈  

 I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books, than a king who did not love reading..

                                        T. B. Macaulay

我宁愿是个身居阁楼拥有大量书籍的人，而不愿做不爱读书的国王。

                                         麦考利  

In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight.

R. W. Emerson

在最高层次的文明里，书仍是最高层次的乐趣。

                                           爱默生 

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.

                                       M. Tupper

好书是挚友，今日如此，永远如此。

塔珀  

 To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him, and travel in his company.

A.     Gide

对我来说，读一位作家的作品，不仅要知道他说些什么，而且要跟随他，结伴而行。

                                           纪德 

I have always come to life after coming to books.

                                         J. L. Borges

一书到手，精神抖擞。

博尔赫斯   

Give me a bed and a book and I am happy.

                                     L. P. Smith

给我一张床，一本书，我就心满意足。

史密斯