1. 书不仅是生活，而且是现在、过去和未来文化生活的源泉。--库法耶夫

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

2. 生而知之者上也;学而知之者次也;困而学之又其次也;困而不学，民斯为下矣。

2. Those who are born knowing it are the highest; those who learn and know it are the next level; those who struggle and then learn it are the next level again; and those who struggle but do not learn, they are the lowest among the people.

3. 书籍是幸福时期的欢乐，痛苦时期的慰藉。--法国哲学家阿兰

3. Books are joy in times of happiness and comfort in times of pain. --French philosopher Alain

4. 读书勿求多，岁月既积，卷帙自富。冯班

4. Do not seek to read extensively; with the passage of time, the accumulation will naturally enrich your library. — Feng Ban

5. 真正的书籍应是黑夜和沉默的产物，而不是白昼和闲聊的果实。--马塞尔·普鲁斯特

5. A true book should be the product of night and silence, not the fruit of daylight and idle chatter. -- Marcel Proust

6. 我读书总是以少为贵，从不贪多。不怕读得少，只怕记不牢。徐特立

6. I always hold that quality is more valuable than quantity when it comes to reading, and I never seek to read excessively. I am not afraid of reading less, but I fear forgetting what I've read. - Xu TeLi

7. 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。乌申斯基

7. 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 merely finish reading without being able to derive living thoughts from the dead words. - Ushinsky

8. 欲速是读书第一大病，功夫中在绵密不间断，不在不速也。陆珑

8. The desire for quick results is the greatest disease in reading. The key lies in the continuous and meticulous effort, not in the lack of speed. - Lu Long

9. 凿壁偷光，聚萤作囊;忍贫读书，车胤匡衡。--(元)许名奎

9. Boring through a wall to steal light, making a lantern out of fireflies; enduring poverty to study, and being as wise as Chu Yizhong and Kang Heng. -- (Yuan Dynasty) Xu Mingkui

10. 不下决心培养思考的人，便失去了生活中的最大乐趣。--爱迪生

10. A person who does not make a determination to cultivate thinking loses the greatest pleasure in life. -- Edison

11. 风声雨声读书声，声声入耳;家事国事天下事，事事关心。--顾宪成

11. The sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, and the sound of reading, all resonate in the ears; matters of the family, the country, and the world, all require concern. -- Gu Xiancheng

12. 求学将以致用，读书先在虚心。书摘

12. Study in order to apply knowledge, and before reading, one must cultivate a humble attitude. Book extracts

13. 读书不知味，不如束高阁；蠢鱼尔何如，终日食糟粕。袁牧

13. Not knowing the taste of reading, it's better to bind it up on a high shelf; what are you, a foolish fish, that you spend all day eating dregs? — Yuan Mu

14. 有些人生来只会吸收书中的毒素。琼森

14. Some people are born to absorb the poison from books. Johnson

15. 读书是学习，摘抄是整理，写作是创造。吴晗

15. Reading is learning, copying out is organizing, and writing is creating. — Wu Han

16. 学如才识，不日进，则日退。 --

16. Study is akin to cultivating talent and knowledge; if not advanced daily, it will regress daily.

17. 不读书的人，思想就会停止。人都向往知识，一旦知识的渴望在他身上熄灭，他就不再成为人。--南森

17. People who do not read will have their thoughts come to a halt. All humans yearn for knowledge; once the desire for knowledge is extinguished within them, they no longer become human. -- Nansen

18. 书籍应有助于达到以下四个目的中的一个:获取智慧，变得虔诚，得到欢乐，或便于运用。--德纳姆

18. Books should be helpful in achieving one of the following four purposes: gaining wisdom, becoming pious, deriving joy, or being convenient for use. -- Denham

19. 孔子三岁丧父，家道中落，早年做过管粮仓、管放牧的小官。他少好礼，自幼熟悉传统礼制，青年时便以广博的礼乐知识闻名于鲁，从事儒者之业，以办理丧祭之礼为生。中年聚徒讲学，从事教育活动。年五十，曾一度担任鲁国的司寇，摄行相职，积极推行自己的政治主张。

19. Confucius lost his father at the age of three, and his family fell into decline. In his early years, he served as a minor official in charge of grain storage and herding. He had a passion for propriety from a young age, and was familiar with traditional rituals from an early age. In his youth, he became famous in Lu for his extensive knowledge of rituals and music, engaging in the profession of a Confucian scholar and making a living by organizing funeral and sacrifice ceremonies. In his middle years, he gathered disciples to teach and engaged in educational activities. At the age of fifty, he once served as the Minister of Rites in the State of Lu, acting as the Prime Minister, and actively promoted his own political ideas.

20. 读书对于我来说是驱散生活中的不愉快的最好手段。没有一种苦恼是读书所不能驱散的。孟德斯鸠

20. Reading is the best means for me to dispel the unpleasantness in life. There is no distress that reading cannot dispel. Montesquieu

21. 读一本好书，就是和许多高尚的人谈话。歌德

21. Reading a good book is like conversing with many noble individuals. - Goethe

22. 立志宜思真品格，读书须尽苦功夫。 --阮元

22. It is important to think of true character when aspiring, and one must put in all the hard work when reading. -- Ruan Yuan

23. 我们知道的东西是有限的，我们不知道的东西则是无穷的。--拉普拉斯

23. We know that what we know is limited, and what we do not know is infinite. -- Laplace

24. 读书之法，在循序而渐进，熟读而精思。朱熹

24. The method of reading is to proceed in an orderly and gradual manner, to read thoroughly and think deeply. - Zhu Xi

25. 旧书不厌百回读，熟读精思子自知。苏轼

25. The old books are never weary of being read a hundred times; with thorough reading and deep thought, the student will know it himself. — Su Shi

26. 好的书籍是最贵重的珍宝。别林斯基

26. Good books are the most precious treasure. — Belinsky

27. 没有哪本书坏到一无是处的地步。小普林尼

27. No book is so bad that it has nothing good in it. Little Pliny.

28. 读过一本好书，像交了一个益友。臧克家

28. Reading a good book is like making a friend. - Zang Kejia

29. 读书不知味，不如束高阁;蠢鱼尔何如，终日食糟粕。--(清)袁牧

29. If you read books without tasting their essence, it's better to put them on a high shelf; what about you, dull fish, spending the whole day on dregs? -- (Qing Dynasty) Yuan Mo

30. 有时候读书是一种巧妙地避开思考的方法。--赫尔普斯

30. Sometimes reading is a clever way to avoid thinking. -- Hulps

31. 没有哪本书坏到一无是处的地步。 --小普林尼

31. No book is so bad that it has nothing good in it. --Pliny the Younger

32. 藜羹麦饭冷不尝，要足平生五车书。 --(宋)陆游

32. Not a taste of the bitter vegetable soup and cold wheat rice, just to have enough for a lifetime of five carts of books. --(Song Dynasty) Lu You

33. 读书谓已多，抚事知不足。王安石

33. Reading and thinking I know much, but in dealing with matters I find my knowledge is insufficient. - Wang Anshi

34. 黑发不知勤学早，白发方悔读书迟。颜真卿

34. "Young with black hair, unaware of the importance of early study; when white hair appears, regret comes late for not reading earlier." - Yan Zhenqing

35. 自家慢诩便便腹，开卷方知未读书。张月楼

35. Proudly boasting of my own full belly, only after opening the book do I realize I have yet to read. Zhang Yue Lou

36. 读不在三更五鼓，功只怕一曝十寒。 --郭沫若

36. "Study is not just about being up late at night, but one's efforts are afraid of being lukewarm after a brief burst of intense work." -- Guo Moruo

37. 读书是学习，使用也是学习，而且是更重要的学习。毛泽东

37. Reading is learning, using is also learning, and it is even more important learning. - Mao Zedong

38. 学，就像一只钻头，去开掘知识的深井。问，就像一把钥匙，去启开疑团的大门。

38. Learning, like a drill bit, delves into the deep well of knowledge. Asking questions, like a key, unlocks the doors to mysteries.

39. 读死书是害己，一开口就害人；但不读书也并不见得好。鲁迅

39. Reading books without understanding is harmful to oneself, and speaking without thought is harmful to others; but not reading at all is not necessarily good either. — Lu Xun

40. 自得读书乐，不邀为善名。王永彬

40. Enjoy reading for self-satisfaction, without seeking fame for being good. - Wang Yongbin

41. 看书和学习是思想的经常营养，是思想的无穷发展。冈察洛夫

41. Reading and studying are the constant nourishment for the mind, and are the endless development of thought. — Goncharov

42. 读书无嗜好，就能尽其多。不先泛览群书，则会无所适从或失之偏好，广然后深，博然后专。鲁迅

42. If one has no particular taste for reading, they can read a great deal. Without first scanning a wide range of books, one may either be at a loss for what to read or develop a bias towards certain preferences. It is better to broaden one's knowledge first, and then to delve deeper, and to become more specialized after that. -- Lu Xun

43. 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

43. The pursuit of reading should be gradual and systematic; only after one book is thoroughly mastered should another be read. Do not be hasty or skip levels, as even a large number of books will be of no benefit. Hu Ju Ren

44. 读书患不多，思义患不明；足己患不学，既学患不行。韩愈

44. The worry of reading is not enough, the worry of understanding the meaning is not clear; the worry of being self-sufficient is not studying, the worry of having studied is not acting. Han Yu

45. 立身以立学为先，立学以读书为本。朱熹

45. To establish oneself, one must prioritize learning; to learn, one must take reading as the foundation. — Zhu Xi

46. 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

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

47. 读万卷书，行万里路。顾炎武

47. "Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles." Gu Yanwu.

48. 书，能保持我们的童心；书，能保持我们的青春。严文井

48. Books can preserve our childlike innocence; books can preserve our youth. Yan Wenjing

49. 书是世界宝贵财富，是国家和历史的优秀遗产。--梭罗

49. Books are a precious treasure, the excellent heritage of a nation and its history. -- Thoreau