The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life.
酒店的最大优势在于它是家庭生活的避难所。
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
找不到时间娱乐的人迟早会被迫找时间生病。
The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.
阅读的艺术在很大程度上是从书中与生活的相遇中获得更好的理解。
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual spark in man can be fanned into flame.
人的精神比单纯的体力更重要，人中的精神火花可以被扇成火焰。
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
好的小说告诉我们关于其主角的真相；而坏的小说告诉我们关于其作者的真相。
The real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
生活的全部秘诀在于对一件事深感兴趣，对一千件事都感兴趣。
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
伟大的本质在于认识到美德就足够了。
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
The great advantage of telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
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