General idea: Learning is a continuous process, and a lot will be lost once it is interrupted.

“A day of reading will make you gain, a day of not reading will make you empty.” This is a folk proverb about learning. The literal meaning is: if you read for a day, you will gain something, but if you don’t read for a day, you will gain something. If you study, you will lose the gains of 10 days of studying, because studying is a continuous process and you have to study every day.

Related proverbs: There are roads in the mountain of books, and diligence is the path; there is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and hard work is the boat. Meaning: On the road of reading and learning, there are no shortcuts and no smooth sailing. If you want to acquire more and broader knowledge from the vast mountains of books and oceans of learning, "diligence" and "hard work" are the best Essential.

Extended information:

Reading quotes about learning:

1. Knowing shame is almost courageous. - "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: Knowing what is a shameful behavior is a good sign of bravery.

2. Take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. - "Mencius"

Translation: Be complacent in thinking that one's own mistakes are smaller than others' and that one's shortcomings are fewer than others'.

3. A gentleman is always kind to others. - "Mencius"

Translation: The greatest advantage of a gentleman is to treat others with a noble and benevolent heart.

4. Everyone can be Yao and Shun. - "Mencius"

Translation: As long as they work hard, everyone can become a great sage like Yao and Shun.

5. A thousand-foot embankment will collapse with the holes of ants; a hundred-foot room will be burned with smoke from the gaps. - "Han Feizi"

Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may be burned down because of fire caused by sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney.

6. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are enough to be warned. — "Preface to Poetry"

Translation: Those who make criticisms are not guilty. When you hear criticism from others, you should carefully reflect on yourself, correct it if you are wrong, and treat it as advice given to you by others if it is not wrong.

7. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for action. - "Confucius' Family Sayings"

Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may sound unpleasant but are good for people's behavior.

8. A kind word can warm you in three winters, but a bad word can hurt you in six months. - Proverb of the Ming Dynasty

Translation: A kind and helpful word can make the listener feel warmer even in the severe cold of winter; on the contrary, harsh and vicious words can hurt other people's feelings and self-esteem, even in the coldest winter. The hot weather in June can also make people feel cold.

9. In thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. - "Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: According to thousands of classic principles, filial piety to parents and friendship to brothers are the first things that should be done.

10. Good and evil are done by people, and misfortunes and blessings are caused by oneself. - "Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: Good and bad things are all done by oneself, and disasters and happiness are all caused by It’s caused by your own words and deeds.

11. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. - "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you only study without thinking, you will not feel confused; if you only dream without studying, you will be tired and gain nothing.

12. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to know it, and to know something is to know it. - "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Knowing means knowing. If you don't know, you should say you don't know. Don't cheat. This is wise behavior.

13. The work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by play; the success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. —Han Yu

Translation: Success in career or studies lies in hard work and diligence. If you are too playful and relax your requirements, you will achieve nothing; in life, you must think carefully and thoroughly before you can achieve anything. Willfulness, sloppiness, and casualness will only lead to failure.

14. There are three ways to read: reading with the heart, with the eyes, and with the mouth. —Ming Dynasty Zhu Xi

Translation: Think with your heart, look carefully with your eyes, and read more with your mouth. Only when you do all three aspects well can you truly read.

15. Be tireless in learning and teaching. - "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Study hard without feeling satisfied, teach others without feeling tired.

16. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. - "Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps and one step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form rivers and seas.

17. If you want to see a thousand miles away, reach a higher level. —Wang Zhihuan, Tang Dynasty, "Climbing the Zhegomatic Bird Tower"

Translation: If you want to see farther and broader scenery, you have to go up to the next floor. If you want to learn more and deeper knowledge, you have to work harder than before.

18. The strong will have its own strong hand, so don’t boast to others. - "Words of Warning"

Translation: Although you are a strong person, there must be someone stronger than you, so don't be proud and complacent in front of others and brag about yourself.

19. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know. - "Book of Rites? Xue Ji"

Translation: Without carving, jade cannot become a useful jade object; without learning, people do not understand principles.

20. Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late. - "Encouraging Learning"

Translation: When you are young, you don't know how to seize the time and study diligently. When you are old, it is too late to study.

21. Those who don’t know enough are eager to learn, and those who are ashamed to ask are complacent. - Lin Bu's "Records of Saving Hearts"

Translation: Those who know their own shortcomings and study hard are smart people, and those who are not easy to ask questions and are proud and complacent are shameful.

22. You can’t help but learn. - "Xunzi"

Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.