Library

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Shelves around us lie the mummied authors．

——Bayard Taylor

我们四周的书架上，躺卧著木乃伊的作家们。

——贝阿德·泰勒

A great library contains the diary of the human race．

——George Dawson

一个大图书馆包含著人类的日记。

——乔治·道森

He that revels in a well—chosen library，has innumerable dishes，and all of admirable flavour．

——William Godwin

十分爱好一个经过精选的图书馆的人拥有很多的佳肴美味。

——威廉·戈德温

My library was dukedom large enough．

——Shakespeare

书斋便是我广大的公国。

——莎士比亚

The richest minds need not large libraries．

——Alcott

丰富的脑子不需要有宏大的书斋。

——奥尔克特

Meek young men grow up in libraries．

——Emerson

文质彬彬的年轻人在图书馆里成长。

——爱默生

Since you cannot read all the books which you may possess，it is enough to possess only as many books as you can read．

——Seneca

你既然读不完你可能有的那么多书籍，你有多少读多少就够了。

——塞涅卡

Over the door of a library in Thebes is the inscription“Medicine for the soul”．

——Unknown

在底比斯图书馆的门上写著“供灵魂使用的药剂”。

——佚名

The delivery room for the birth of ideas——a place where history come to life．

——Unknown

(图书馆是)思想问世的接生室，历史复活的所在地。

——佚名

He has his Rome，his Florence，his whole gloring Italy，within the four walls of his library．He has in his books the ruins of an antique world，and the glories of a modern one．

——Longfellow

在他书斋的四壁上有著他的罗马，他的佛罗伦萨，他的全部光辉的意大利。他的书籍中有著古代世界的废墟，近代的灿烂光辉。

——朗费罗