He that can read an meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.
會讀書思索的人不會感到長夜無聊或生活乏味。
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of
past centuries. -- Descartes
所有的好書,讀起來就如同和過去世界上最杰出的人談話。 -- 笛卡爾
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the
fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its
luminous summits.
在科學上沒有平坦大道,只有不畏勞苦沿著陡峭山路攀登的人,才有希望達到光輝的頂點。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
書籍和朋友,在好不在多。
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. --L.W.Akott
好書使人開卷有所求,閉卷有所獲。 -- 奧爾科特
There is no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labour and diligence.
世間無所謂天才,它僅是刻苦加勤奮。
Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought
a stone. -- Emerson
知識是一座城堡,每個人都應為它增磚添瓦。-- 愛默生
Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily,
it must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and more than all, must be
prayed for. -- Thomas Arnold
真知如同珍寶,不是輕易獲得的,必須學習、鉆研、思考,最重要的是必須有強烈的求知欲。
-- 托馬斯 • 阿諾德
Knowledge comes from experience alone.
知識來自實踐。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
知識使人謙虛,無知使人驕傲。
Knowledge is power. -- Bacon
知識就是力量。 -- 培根
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
知識是寶庫,而實踐是開啟寶庫的鑰匙。
Knowledge is the food of the soul. -- Plato
知識是心靈的食糧。 -- 柏拉圖
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams. -- Daniel Webster
知識的確是天空中碩大無比的太陽。它的光輝撒下生命和力量。 -- 韋伯斯特
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
有知識而無時間,只算半個能人。
Learning is the eye of the mind.
學問是心靈的眼睛。
Learn young, learn fair.
學習趁年少,而且要學好。
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.
孩提時代學到的東西,至死也不會忘卻。
Learn from the mistakes of others and prevent your own.
前人犯錯,后人戒。
Learn to creep before you leap.
先學爬,后學跳。(循序漸進)
there is no royal road to learning.
學問之道無捷徑。
Without learning, without eyes.
沒有學識就是盲人。
He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.
少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。
Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit.
學習根苦果甜。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to dropback.
學習如逆水行舟,不進則退。
Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous.
學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆。
There is no end to learning.
學無止境。
Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. -- William
Shakespeare
無知乃是罪惡,知識乃是我們借以飛向天堂的翅膀。 -- 莎士比亞
It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
掩蓋無知要比學到知識更難。