Classic sayings about reading

1. When reading, one should aspire to be a sage, and when one is an official, one should aspire to the kingdom. ——Zhu Yongchun

2. To know the affairs of the world, you must read the books of the ancients. ——Feng Menglong

3. Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. ——Liu Yi

4. Having enough food, warm clothes and no education is like a beast. ——Mencius

5. Work hard to know all the words in the world, and resolve to read all the books in the world. ——Su Shi

6. If you give an outline, everything will be clear, and if you interpret a volume, all the chapters will be clear. ——Zheng Xuan

7. Black-haired people don’t know how to study early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing

8. To establish oneself is to establish one’s studies first, and to establish one’s studies is to read. ——Ouyang Xiu

9. Reading is like mining, "mining for gold in the sand." ——Zhao Shuli

10. Reading the masterpieces of famous writers can cultivate eloquence. ——Voltaire

11. Books are a huge power. ——Lenin

12. Reading tens of thousands of volumes, if you don’t have the right idea in your mind, you will be like a violent man. ——Liezi

13. The method of reading is to proceed step by step, to read thoroughly and to think carefully. ——Zhu Xi

14. The joy of reading is overwhelming, and the bright moon rises and the frost sky high. ——Zhu Xi

15. When the book is used, it will be regretted. It will not be difficult until it has happened. ——Lu You

16. Before you can apply what you have learned, you must first read with an open mind. ——Anonymous

17. The books are as affectionate as old friends, and the joys and sorrows of the morning and dusk are close to each other. ——Yu Qian

18. All successful people are good readers. ——Chen Anzhi

19. Intelligence lies in diligence, and genius lies in accumulation. ——Hua Luogeng

20. Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity. ——Liu Xiang

21. The more we read, the more we find that we are ignorant. ——Shelley

22. Read thousands of books and write like a god. ——Du Fu

23. Read old books without getting tired of reading them a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself. ——Su Shi

24. Reading, this is the best knowledge. ——Pushkin

25. Ideal books are the key to wisdom. ——Leo Tolstoy

26. A wise man reads many books and experiences life. ——Lin Yutang

27. The poor must study more, and the rich must not forget the crops. ——Wang Yongbin

28. When reading, avoid reading too hard. ——Ye Shengtao

29. Reading makes up for the deficiencies of nature, and experience makes up for the deficiencies of reading. ——Bacon

30. Work hard at reading and enjoy writing. ——Cheng Duanli

31. A book that no one reads is like a piece of wood. ——Thor Fuller

32. A bookworm must be good at writing, and an art nut must have good skills. ——Pu Songling

33. Smart and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions. ——Confucius

34. Live with books and never sigh. ——Romain Rolland

35. Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy. ——Confucius

36. Read three hundred Tang poems by heart, and can recite them even if you don’t know how to compose them. ——Sun Zhu

37. If you don’t read at three o’clock or five o’clock, your skills will be exposed to the cold. ——Guo Moruo

38. People who don’t study will stop thinking. —— Diderot

39. It is said that one has read too much, but does not know enough about things. ——Wang Anshi

40. I never tire of reading a good book a hundred times, and I will know myself after reading the lessons carefully. ——Su Shi

41. Books are the ladder of human progress. ——Gorky

42. When dealing with a brave person, read books without words. ——Zhou Enlai

43. Reading is to wisdom what gymnastics is to body. ——Edison

44. A good reader does not seek to understand. Every time I have an idea, I happily forget to eat. ——Tao Yuanming