1. 悲观的人，先被自己打败，然后才被生活打败；乐观的人，先战胜自己，然后才战胜生活。汪国真

1. Pessimists are first defeated by themselves, and then by life; optimists conquer themselves first, and then conquer life. -- Wang Guozhen

2. 读书有三到，谓心到，眼到，口到。朱熹

2. There are three essentials to reading: the mind, the eyes, and the mouth. - Zhu Xi

3. 学者有自立之志，当拔出流俗，不可泛泛与世浮沉。

3. A scholar should have the aspiration to stand on his own two feet, and should rise above the common herd, not to be swept along by the currents of the world.

4. 理想如晨星，我们永不能触到，但我们可像航海者一样，借星光的位置而航行。史立兹

4. Ideals are like morning stars, we can never touch them, but we can navigate like sailors, by the position of the stars. — Shi Lizhi

5. 读书时要深思多问，只读而不想，就可能人云亦云，沦为书本的奴隶；或者走马看花，所获甚微。

5. While reading, one should ponder deeply and ask many questions. Merely reading without thinking can lead to parroting others and becoming a slave to the books; or else, one might glance at things superficially, gaining very little.

6. 风声雨声读书声，声声入耳；家事国事天下事，事事关心。

6. The sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, the sound of reading, all enter the ears; matters of the family, matters of the country, matters of the world, all are of concern.

7. 书犹药也，善读之可以医愚。刘向

7. Books are like medicine; reading them well can cure ignorance. Liu Xiang.

8. 饭可以一日不吃，觉可以一日不睡，书不可以一日不读。

8. One can go a day without eating rice, and a day without sleeping, but one cannot go a day without reading books.

9. 学和行本来是有联系着的，学了必须要想，想通了就要行，要在行的当中才能看出自己是否真正学到了手，否则读书虽多，只是成为一座死书库。

9. Learning and practice are inherently connected. After learning, one must think, and after understanding, one must act. Only through action can one discern whether they have truly mastered the knowledge. Otherwise, even if one reads many books, they merely become a repository of dead knowledge.

10. 业精于勤，荒于嬉；行成于思，毁于随。韩愈

10. "Diligence leads to expertise, while leisure leads to negligence; actions are formed through thought, but destroyed through carelessness." Han Yu

11. 书不仅是生活，而且是现在、过去和未来文化生活的源泉。

11. Books are not only life but also the source of cultural life in the present, past, and future.

12. 兴于《诗》，立于礼，成于乐。孔子

12. He thrived in the study of poetry, stood firm in rituals, and achieved mastery through music. — Confucius

13. 不去读书就没有真正的教养，同时也不可能有什么鉴别力。赫尔岑

13. Not to read is to have no true education, and it is also impossible to have any discernment. Herzen

14. 读书是易事，思索是难事，但两者缺一，便全无用处。富兰克林

14. Reading is easy, thinking is hard, but without either, there is no use at all. - Franklin

15. 士人读书，第一要有志，第二要有识，第三要有恒，有志，则断不甘为下流，有识，则知学问无尽，不敢以一得自足；如河伯之观海，如井蛙之窥天，皆无见识也，有恒，则断无不成之事，此三者缺一不可。

15. For scholars, the first requirement is to have aspiration, the second is to have knowledge, and the third is to have perseverance. With aspiration, one would never be content with being of low status. With knowledge, one understands that there is an endless pursuit of学问, and one would never be satisfied with a single achievement. Just like the river god viewing the sea, or the frog peering at the sky, both lack insight. With perseverance, there is nothing that cannot be achieved. These three are indispensable and cannot be lacking.

16. 岁月可以赢去我们的生命，却赢不去我们一路留下的欢声笑语，我们的祝福，无尽的爱意。杏林子

16. Time can take away our lives, but it cannot take away the laughter and joy we leave behind on our journey, our blessings, and our endless love. - Xing Linzi

17. 假使做事要面面顾到，那就什么事都不能做了。

17. If one has to attend to all aspects of a task, then nothing can be done.

18. 要么旅行，要么读书，身体和灵魂必须有一个在路上。

18. Either travel or read, one's body and soul must be on the road.

19. 读书到最后，是为了让我们更宽容地去理解这个世界有多复杂。

19. The purpose of reading to the end is to enable us to understand how complex the world is with greater tolerance.

20. 发奋识遍天下字，立志读尽人间书。苏轼

20. Strive to recognize every character in the world, and resolve to read all the books in human history. -- Su Shi

21. 书籍是在时代的波涛中航行的思想之船，它小心翼翼地把珍贵的货物运送给一代又一代。培根

21. Books are ships of thought navigating the waves of time, carefully delivering precious cargo from one generation to another. Bacon

22. 人离开了书，如同离开空气一样不能生活。科洛廖夫

22. A person cannot live without books, just as they cannot live without air. Kolokolov.

23. 读书忌死读，死读钻牛角。叶圣陶

23. Reading should not be done to the point of death, nor should one stubbornly dig into a hornet's nest. Ye Shengtao

24. 读书即未成名，究竟人高品雅。修德不期获报，自然梦稳心安。

24. Even if one does not achieve fame through reading, one's character and elegance are still elevated. Cultivating one's virtue is not for the sake of recompense, but it naturally brings peace to the mind and stability to dreams.

25. 退笔如山未足珍，读书万卷始通神。――苏轼

25. The inkwells are as mountains and are not enough to treasure; only after reading ten thousand books can one truly understand the essence. -- Su Shi

26. 春天不播种，夏天就不生长，秋天就不能收割，冬天就不能品尝。海涅

26. If you don't plant in spring, you can't grow in summer, you can't harvest in autumn, and you can't taste in winter. - Heinrich Heine

27. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。孔子

27. "If you study but do not think, you will be confused. If you think but do not study, you will be in danger." - Confucius

28. 读书破万卷，下笔如有神。杜甫

28. Reading through tens of thousands of books, writing comes with divine inspiration. - Du Fu

29. 勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。陈寿《三国志》

29. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not omit doing good because it is small. — From the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" by Chen Shou.

30. 读书切戒在慌忙，涵泳工夫兴味长；示晓不妨权放过，切身需要急思量。――陆九渊

30. Reading should be done with caution against haste, for the act of absorption is long-lasting and enjoyable; it is permissible to leave some things unclear for the time being, but one should urgently ponder what is of immediate necessity. – Lu Jiuyuan

31. 抓住自己最有兴趣的东西，由浅入深，循序渐进地学。

31. Focus on the things you are most interested in, and learn them step by step, from shallow to deep.

32. 书籍是幼年人的导师，是老年人的护士，在岑寂的时候，书籍使我们欢娱，远离一切的痛苦。柯里叶尔

32. Books are the mentors of the young and the nurses of the old; in solitude, books bring us joy and distance us from all suffering. — Correlier

33. 读书不要贪多，而是要多加思索，这样的读书使我获益不少。卢梭

33. Do not read excessively, but rather ponder more. Such reading has greatly benefited me. Rousseau

34. 书籍使我们成为以往各个时代的精神生活的继承者。

34. Books make us inheritors of the spiritual life of all previous ages.

35. 书籍通过心灵观察世界的窗口。住宅里没有书，犹如房间没有窗户。威尔逊

35. Books are the windows through which the soul observes the world. A house without books is like a room without windows. - Wilson

36. 我们中国人对于不是自己的东西，或者将不为自己所有的东西，总要破坏了才快活的。

36. We Chinese people always feel happy when destroying things that are not ours or things that will not be ours.

37. 读书是在别人思想的帮助下，建立起自己的思想。

37. Reading is the process of forming one's own thoughts with the assistance of others' ideas.

38. 读书务在循序渐进；一书已熟，方读一书，勿得卤莽躐等，虽多无益。胡居仁

38. The key to reading is to proceed step by step; only after one book is mastered, should another be read. Do not be hasty and jump over steps; even if you read many, it will be of no benefit. — Hu Ju Ren

39. 书籍对于人类原有很重大的意义，但，书籍不仅对那些不会读书的人是毫无用处，就是对那些机械地读完了书还不会从死的文字中引申活的思想的人也是无用的。

39. Books have always held a significant meaning for humanity, but books are not useful not only to those who cannot read but also to those who mechanically finish reading yet cannot derive living thoughts from the dead words.

40. 读书到底是为了什么，如果我们排除做学问很实际的目的，读书就是我在吸取营养，把自己丰富起来，我自己感觉，读书最愉快的是什么时候，是你突然发现“我也有这个思想”，最快乐的时候是把你本来已经有的，你却不知道的东西唤醒了。

40. What is the purpose of reading in the first place, if we exclude the practical goals of pursuing academic knowledge? Reading is about absorbing nourishment and enriching myself. From my own perspective, the most pleasant moment of reading is when you suddenly realize, "I have this thought too." The happiest moment is when you awaken something that you already have but were not aware of.

41. 拥有书籍就是教养的证据吗？果然如此，谁在教养上足与拥有满屋子书籍的书店主人抗衡。

41. Is owning books a proof of education? Indeed, if so, who could compete with the bookstore owner who has a room full of books in terms of education?

42. 谬误百出的书可能是本有趣的书；而一点谬误都没有的书也许是本十分乏味的书。

42. A book full of mistakes can be an interesting read; while a book without any mistakes may be quite dull.

43. 人们似乎每天在接受命运的安排，实际上人们每天在安排着自己的命运。佚名

43. It seems that people are accepting the arrangement of fate every day, but in fact, people are arranging their own destiny every day. Anon.

44. 书犹药也，善读可以医愚。刘向

44. Books are like medicine; good reading can cure ignorance. Liu Xiang