A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
通常看一個(gè)讀些什么書就可知道他的為人蘸秘，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的為人一樣间景，因?yàn)橛腥艘匀藶榘橐４唬灿腥艘詴鵀榘榘硇凇o(wú)論是書友還是朋友喷面，我們都應(yīng)該以最好的為伴耗溜。
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. Itis the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
好書就像是你最好的朋友痴鳄。它始終不渝昆著，過(guò)去如此县貌，現(xiàn)在如此，將來(lái)也永遠(yuǎn)不變凑懂。它是最有耐心冰单，最令人愉悅的伴侶双炕。在我們窮愁潦倒抄课，臨危遭難時(shí)掺出，它也不會(huì)拋棄我們，對(duì)我們總是一如既往地親切硕盹。在我們年輕時(shí)，好書陶冶我們的性情，增長(zhǎng)我們的知識(shí)忌卤；到我們年老時(shí)，它又給我們以慰藉和勉勵(lì)楞泼。
Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, ‘Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
人們常常因?yàn)橄矚g同一本書而結(jié)為知已埠巨，就像有時(shí)兩個(gè)人因?yàn)榫茨酵粋€(gè)人而成為朋友一樣。有句古諺說(shuō)道：“愛(ài)屋及屋现拒±崩荩”其實(shí)“愛(ài)我及書”這句話蘊(yùn)涵更多的哲理。書是更為真誠(chéng)而高尚的情誼紐帶印蔬。人們可以通過(guò)共同喜愛(ài)的作家溝通思想勋桶，交流感情，彼此息息相通侥猬，并與自己喜歡的作家思想相通例驹，情感相融。
A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.
好書常如最精美的寶器退唠，珍藏著人生的思想的精華鹃锈，因?yàn)槿松木辰缰饕驮谟谄渌枷氲木辰纭Ｒ虼饲圃ぃ詈玫臅墙鹩窳佳院统绺咚枷氲膶殠?kù)屎债，這些良言和思想若銘記于心并多加珍視，就會(huì)成為我們忠實(shí)的伴侶和永恒的慰藉垢油。
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
書籍具有不朽的本質(zhì)盆驹，是為人類努力創(chuàng)造的最為持久的成果。寺廟會(huì)倒坍滩愁，神像會(huì)朽爛躯喇，而書卻經(jīng)久長(zhǎng)存。對(duì)于偉大的思想來(lái)說(shuō)硝枉，時(shí)間是無(wú)關(guān)緊要的廉丽。多年前初次閃現(xiàn)于作者腦海的偉大思想今日依然清新如故。時(shí)間惟一的作用是淘汰不好的作品妻味，因?yàn)橹挥姓嬲募炎鞑拍芙?jīng)世長(zhǎng)存正压。
Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
書籍介紹我們與最優(yōu)秀的人為伍，使我們置身于歷代偉人巨匠之間弧可，如聞其聲蔑匣，如觀其行劣欢，如見(jiàn)其人，同他們情感交融裁良，悲喜與共凿将，感同身受。我們覺(jué)得自己仿佛在作者所描繪的舞臺(tái)上和他們一起粉墨登場(chǎng)价脾。
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.
即使在人世間牧抵，偉大杰出的人物也永生不來(lái)。他們的精神被載入書冊(cè)侨把，傳于四海犀变。書是人生至今仍在聆聽(tīng)的智慧之聲，永遠(yuǎn)充滿著活力秋柄。
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -Elissa? 2022.2.16
