1. If you don’t study for a day, you will have no good ideas; if you don’t study for a month, your ears and eyes will lose their clarity. Xiao Luan of the Qing Dynasty, "Reading to See What You Do"

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2. People who don't know books are like beasts, only half an ear. Yan Fu's "Decision to Save the Nation"

3. In the relationship between people and literature, "fascination" is necessary. Mao Dun's "On "Enchantment""

4. Accumulating tens of millions of money has nothing to do with studying. Northern Qi Dynasty·Yan Zhitui's "Yan Family Instructions Encouraging Learning"

5. Reading is a noble mental exercise. United States] Thoreau's "Walden Reading"

6. Books should lead to four ends: wisdom, piety, pleasure or practicality. [UK] Denham's "On Wisdom and Consideration"

7. Reading any good book is like talking to the best people of the past era. [French] Descartes' "Discourse on Method"

8. People say that life is the most important, but I think reading is the most important. [US] Smith's "Memories"

9. Books are good medicine for the soul. Greek proverb

10. Reading a book is like opening a window to life. Russian proverb

11. Collecting books is easy, but reading them is difficult. Qing Dynasty Zou's "San Jie Lu Bi Tan"

12. Choosing books is no less important than choosing friends. American Proverb

13. A person who believes in every book is worse than a person who reads no book at all. Japanese proverb

14. A bad book is worse than ten robbers. Italian proverb

15. It is better to have no books than to believe in books. "Mencius: Try Your Heart"

16. Read thousands of volumes and write like a god. Tang Dynasty Du Fu's "Twelve Rhymes Presented to Wei Zuocheng"

17. Read the old book hundreds of times without getting tired of reading it. If you read it carefully, you will know yourself. Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Poem of Farewell and Enjoyment"

18. Reading without knowing the taste is not as good as sitting in a high cabinet. Qing Dynasty Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Poetry·Supplement"

19. Reading is a taste of the body and forgets old age. "Jiannan Poetry Manuscript·Insomnia" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty

20. Whenever I read a good book for the first time, I feel like I have made a new friend; whenever I read a good book that I have read before Books are like meeting old friends again.

[UK] Goldsmith "Citizen of the World"