今天是世界读书日，收集翻译了几条谈读书的英语名言，与大家分享。
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― GeorgeR.R. Martin, ADance with Dragons
Jojen说过，读书人在离世之前已经领略了千种人生。从不阅读的人只有一段人生。
引自美国小说家George R.R. Martin的《与龙共舞》
“We read to know we‘re not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands
我们阅读，从而知道自己并不孤独。
引自英国编剧William Nicholson的《影子世界》
“The more that you read, the more things you will know.The more that you learn, the more places you‘ll go.”
― Dr.Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
读得越多，懂得越多。越是读万卷书，越想走万里路。
引自苏斯博士《我能闭着眼睛读书》
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S.Lewis，英国文学家
喝茶，我从不嫌杯子大。读书，我从不嫌篇幅长。
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again,there is no use in reading it at all.”
― OscarWilde
如果你不觉得反复读一本书是享受，则此书也不值得一读。
----爱尔兰文学家王尔德
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx，美国著名电影演员
我发现电视具有很好的教育功能，因为每当有人打开电视机，我就到另一房间去读书。
“It is what you read when you don‘t have to that determines what you will be when you can‘t help it.”
― OscarWilde
正是你阅读的那些不是非读不可的东西，才不可阻挡地决定了你成为什么样的人。
----爱尔兰文学家王尔德
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
书籍是特殊的可以随身携带的魔法物。
引自美国畅销书作家斯蒂芬.金的《论写作：对一门技艺的回忆》
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles William Eliot，美国学者，曾任哈佛大学校长
书籍是最不叨扰人、最忠实的朋友，是最好接近、最聪明的顾问，是最有耐心的老师。
“A children‘s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children‘s story in the slightest.”
― C.S.Lewis，英国文学家
只是孩子喜欢的儿童故事绝不是优秀的儿童故事。
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
只有那些非常脆弱的人才会拒绝文学和诗歌对自己发生影响。
----卡桑德拉. 克莱尔，美国女作家
“You don‘t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury，美国科幻作家
要毁灭一个文化，并不需要焚书，只要设法让人们停止阅读即可。
“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R.R. Martin，美国小说家
他说，睡眠固好，读书尤佳。
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire
让我们阅读吧，跳舞吧，这两桩娱乐对世人没有任何坏处。
----法国文豪伏尔泰
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel
许多人，包括我在内，哪怕看到一本书都感到开心。
Jane Smiley，美国小说家，她是1992年普利策奖得主。引自其《看待小说的十三种方式》。
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
先思考，再发言。先阅读，再思考。
----Fran Lebowitz，美国女作家
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky
有些罪行比焚书还要恶劣，其中一宗罪就是不读书。
----布罗茨基，俄裔美国诗人，诺贝尔文学奖得主
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