1. The lights are on at three and the chicken is on at five, which is when men are studying. Black-haired people don't know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing
2. If a bird wants to fly high, it first flutters its wings; if a person wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan
3. Work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by play; actions are accomplished by thinking, and destroyed by following. ——Han Yu
4. Don’t wait for a moment. The young man’s head will turn gray and he will feel sad. ——Yue Fei
5. To establish oneself is to establish one’s studies first, and to establish one’s studies is to read. ——Ouyang Xiu
6. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad. ——"Han Yuefu·Chang Ge Xing"
7. Without learning, one cannot expand talents, and without ambition, one cannot achieve learning. ——Zhuge Liang
8. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a master. ——Du Fu
9. If you want to know the affairs of the world, you must read the books of the ancients. ——Feng Menglong
10. The method of reading is to proceed step by step, read carefully and think deeply. ——Zhu Xi
11. Read the book a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. ——Chen Shou
12. Reading is like traveling, and there is no need to be afraid of adventures. —— "Qing Shiduo·Studying"
13. Work hard at reading and enjoy writing. ——Cheng Duanli
14. The taste of foreign things will become disgusting after a long time; the taste of reading will become deeper and deeper as time goes by. ——Cheng Yi
15. Learning without thinking means nothing, thinking without learning means danger. ——Confucius
16. Smart and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions. ——Confucius
17. Those who know are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy. ——Confucius
18. When three people are walking together, there must be my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. ——Confucius
19. Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. ——Liu Yi
20. The books are as affectionate as old friends, and the joys and sorrows of each other are like each other in the morning and evening. ——Yu Qian
21. Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity. ——Liu Xiang
22. If you don’t read for three days, your mouth will grow thorns; if you don’t read for three days, your hands will grow thorns. ——Zhu Shunshui of the Qing Dynasty, "Answers to Yejie Questions"
23. There are three ways of reading: reading with the heart, with the eyes, and with the mouth. ——Zhu Xi
24. Work hard to know all the words in the world, and resolve to read all the books in the world. ——Su Shi
25. If you are determined to have true character, you must work hard to study. —— Ruan Yuan
26. I am familiar with three hundred Tang poems and can recite them even if I can’t compose them. ——Sun Zhu's "Preface to Three Hundred Tang Poems"
27. When the book is used, it will be regretted. It will not be difficult until it has happened. ——Lu You
28. Read old books without getting tired of reading them a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself. ——Su Shi
29. A bookworm must be good at writing, and an art nut must have good skills. ——Pu Songling
30. The joy of reading is as bright as the moon and frost as the sky is high. ——Zhu Xi
31. A good reader does not seek to understand. Every time I have an idea, I happily forget to eat. ——Tao Yuanming
32. Read well, read more, and read good books. ——Bing Xin
33. Reading is easy, thinking is difficult, but if one of them is missing, it will be useless. ——(USA) Franklin
34. Reading makes people enriched, thinking makes people profound, and talking makes people sober. ——(U.S.A.) Franklin
35. When studying, one aspires to be a sage; when serving as an official, one aspires to the kingdom. ——Zhu Yongchun
36. When reading, I would like to stay in front of every beautiful thought, just like I stay in front of every truth. ——Emerson
37. Light gives us experience, and reading gives us knowledge. —— Ostrovsky
38. Reading is my only entertainment. I don’t waste time in hotels, gambling or any kind of bad games. ——(USA) Franklin
39. It is most unhelpful to rely on reciting what you have read. ——Zheng Banqiao
40. People who do not study will stop thinking. —— Diderot
41. If I had known that I would be reading today, I would have regretted my past behavior. ——Li Xin
42. To apply what you have learned, you must first read with an open mind. ——Anonymous
43. The prime years will never come again, and it will be difficult for one day to wake up again. Be encouraged in time, time waits for no one. ——Tao Yuanming
44. The more we read, the more we find that we are ignorant. ——Shelley
45. Reading is like rice. Those who are good at eating will be energetic, and those who are not good at eating will get sick. ——Zhang Xuecheng
46. Reading is like mining, "mining for gold in the sand."
——Zhao Shuli
47. When dealing with a brave person, read without words. ——Zhou Enlai
48. If you eat a vegetarian diet, your breath will not be turbid; if you sleep alone, your spirit will not be turbid; if you sit in silence, your heart will not be turbid; if you read, your mouth will not be turbid. ——Zeng Guofan
49. Those who have no doubts in reading must learn to have doubts. Those who have doubts must have no doubts. Only here can they make progress. ——Zhu Xi
50. When reading, avoid reading too hard. ——Ye Shengtao
51. Chiseling the wall to steal the light, gathering fireflies to make a bag; enduring poverty to study, the car Yinkuangheng. ——Xu Mingkui
52. When water drops gather together, they become a sea; when reading books gather together, they become knowledge. ——Anonymous
53. Asking for more can only be better in one occasion, and that is reading. ——Anonymous
54. If you don’t chew, you won’t know the taste; if you don’t read, you won’t know the meaning. ——Anonymous
55. Make candles for clarity and read for reason. ——Anonymous
56. Reading is to wisdom as gymnastics is to body. ——(British) Proverb
57. It is better to befriend an evil man who has read thousands of books than to befriend an illiterate gentleman. ——"Proverbs Lian Bi"
58. If you don't study early, you will regret it later. —— "Duo of Qing Dynasty· Song of the Morning"
59. Don't waste your time to learn from others. The only good thing in life is to study. ——"Summary of Song Poems"
60. There is no greater happiness than reading, and no greater pleasure than teaching children. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"
61. Reading is to wisdom, just like gymnastics is to body. ——Edison
62. When reading, I would like to stay in front of every beautiful thought, just like I stay in front of every truth. ——Emerson
63. Reading without thinking is equivalent to eating without digesting. ——Polk
64. The taste of foreign things will become disgusting after a long time; the taste of reading will become deeper and deeper as time goes by. ——Cheng Hao