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

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some book also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others.(Francis Bacon, “Of Studies”)有些书可供浅尝，有些可以吞食，少数则须咀嚼消化。换言之，有些书只须读上部分，有些只须大体浏览，少数则须全读，读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。书也可请人去读，事后取其读书摘要。（培根，《谈读书》）

Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,Are a substantial world, both pure and good;Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,Our pastime and our happiness will grow.(William Wordsworth, “Personal Talk”, sonnet 3)梦和书构成各自的世界，大家清楚，书籍是一个充实的世界，纯洁而精良；我们的消遣和快乐随之增长，那卷须就像血肉一般地强固。（华兹华斯，《杂谈》，第3首十四行诗）

’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.(Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Success”)好书须得慧眼识。（爱默生，《论成功》）

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.(John Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies, “Preface”)生命是短暂的，宁静的时刻尤少；我们应当阅读珍奇的书籍而不蹉跎时光。（罗斯金，《芝麻与百合》，《序》 ）

以上内容整理自《西方引语大辞典》张志祥主编