1.a man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.既然无所事事亦难逃一死，何不奋斗终生。
2.after you have read more than ten thousand volumes, you will find it easy to write as if god were there helping you.读书破万卷，下笔如有神。
3.all books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time.一切书籍都可以分为二类：即：一时之书与永久之书。
4.books are the food for the hungry of great mind.书籍是伟大的饥饿的粮食。
5.books are to mankind what memory is to the individuanl. 书之于人类，犹如记忆于之个人。
6.books are treasure banks storing wisdom passed down from generation to generation.书籍是贮存人类代代相传的智慧的宝库。
7.classic a book which people praise and don’t read. “经典之作”是人人皆称赞却不愿去读的书。
8.coping with problems in our real life is the end, and reading is only one of the means to reach the end.处理现实生活是目的，读书只是达到这个目的手段之一。
9.friends are not books, yet books are friends. friends may betray you, while books are always loyal.朋友不是书，书却是朋友。朋友可能背判你，书却永远忠实。
10.he that knows little soon repeats it.知识浅薄者，很快就回重复他所知的话题。
11.if a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.如果一个人倾其所有以求学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。
12.ignorance is not innocence but sin.无知并非纯真，而是罪恶。
13.isn’t it a happy thing if you review what you have learned on time 学而时习之，不亦乐乎?
14.it never will rain roses. when we want to have more roses we must plant trees.天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。
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