Reading makes people enriched, discussion makes people witty, notes make people accurate, reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people smart, mathematics makes people thoughtful, science makes people profound, ethics makes people solemn, and logic makes people solemn. Rhetoric makes people eloquent. Whatever you learn becomes your character. ——Bacon

When reading, you should think deeply and ask questions. If you just read without thinking, you may follow what others say and become a slave to books; or you may just read and read and gain little. ——Wang Zikun

It is normal for a literati to compose an essay and a farmer to dig a hoe. But when taking a photo, the literati would pretend to be a rough man and play with the "hoe and hat picture"; Holding a book under the willow and pretending to be "reading a picture deep in the willow" will make people feel sick. ——Lu Xun

Sometimes reading is a clever way to avoid thinking. ——Helps

If you read excessively or endlessly without thinking, what you have read will not be unforgettable, and most of it will eventually disappear. ——Schopenhauer

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

My own family prides itself on having a bowel movement, and it’s not until I open the book that I realize I haven’t read. ——Zhang Yuelou

I will never be satisfied at any time. The more I read, the more deeply I feel dissatisfied and the more I feel that I am lacking in knowledge. Science is endlessly mysterious. ——Marx

If a bird wants to fly high, it first flaps its wings; if a man wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

She should improve her knowledge. For Antoinette, it was indeed time to get serious about reading. Two hours a day is not too much, and it will make her more alert and more intelligent during the remaining twenty-two hours of the twenty-four hours. ——Zweig

No one has ever read for the sake of reading. He can only read himself in books, discover himself in books, or check himself. ——Romain Rolland

2 Famous aphorisms about reading

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

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

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

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

5. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad. ——"Han Yuefu·Long Song Xing"

6. Don't wait for a while, the young man's head will turn gray, and it will be empty and sad! ——Yue Fei

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

8. If a bird wants to fly high, it flaps its wings first; if a man wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

9. If you are determined to achieve true character, you must work hard to study. —— Ruan Yuan

10. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition, and without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal. ——Zhuge Liang

11. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. ——Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms"

12. Familiar with three hundred Tang poems, and can recite them even if he can't compose them. ——Sun Zhu's "Preface to Three Hundred Tang Poems"

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

14. Ask him how clear he is? Come for living water from a source. ——Zhu Xi

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

3 Celebrities’ Reflections on Reading

1. Reading a good book is like making a good friend. ——Zang Kejia

2. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a god. ——Du Fu

3. People who do not study will stop thinking. —— Diderot

4. Anyone who reads useless books is just playing with things and losing hope. ——(Qing Dynasty) Wang Yu

5. Reading is to wisdom as gymnastics is to body. ——(British) Proverb

6. If you don’t know the taste of reading, it is better to sit in a high cabinet; as a stupid fish, you will eat dross all day long. ——(Qing Dynasty) Yuan Mu

7. If a bird wants to fly high, it first flutters its wings; if a man wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

8. There is no better entertainment or more lasting satisfaction than reading. ——(British) Proverb

9. Advance knowledge to achieve harmony, and think far ahead when traveling.

——Ziyan