世界读书日：关于读书的名言隽语
9 Famous Quotes About Reading Books

For out of olde feldes, as men seyth,Cometh al this newe corn fro yer to yere;And out of olde bokes, in good feyth,Cometh al this newe science that men lere.(Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parliament of Fowls”, l. 22)人们说得好，在耕种多年的田地里，一年又一年长出新的谷子；完全可以相信，从读过的旧书里，人们也一定能学到新的知识。（乔叟，《众鸟之会》，第22行）

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.(John Milton, “Areopagitica”)一本好书是一位鸿儒的宝贵心血，是立意奉献给子孙后代的不朽珍宝。（弥尔顿，《论出版自由》）

In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.(Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero-Worship, v, “The Hero as Man of Letters”)书里蕴藏着全部过去时代的精魂，古昔发出的朗朗之声，而旧时的形体和物质恰如梦境一般，早已荡然无存。（卡莱尔，《英雄与英雄崇拜》第5篇《作为文豪的英雄》 ）

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they are written.(Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 3. “Reading”)读书和写作一样，必须深思熟虑，有所保留。（梭罗，《瓦尔登湖》，第三章《读书》）

Something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. [A classic.](Mark Twain, Speech at dinner of the Nineteenth Century Club, 20 Nov., 1900)经典作品就是人人都希望自己读过，却没有人愿意去读的东西。（马克·吐温，在19世纪俱乐部午餐会上的讲话，1900年11月20日）