The inspirational aphorisms for first and second graders are as follows:

1. When the book is used, you will regret it. ——Lu You

2. There are three ways to read: heart, eyes, and mouth. ——Zhu Jia

3. Books are tools for cultivating wisdom. ——Bacon

4. Reading makes people become perfect people. ——Bacon

5. Books are friends. Although they are not passionate, they are very loyal. ——Hugo

6. Learning to read is to light the torch. ——Hugo

7. A room without books is like a room without windows. ——Moore

8. Bad books teach wrong concepts and make ignorant people become more ignorant. ——Fielding

9. To read any good book is to talk to many noble people. ——Descartes

10. Reading means using other people’s minds to replace your own. ——Schopenhauer

11. Learning does not mean imitating something, but mastering skills and methods. ——Gorky

12. Intelligence comes from diligence, and genius comes from accumulation. ——Hua Luogeng

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

14. Reading a good book is like talking to many noble people. ——Goethe

15. The ideal book is the copper key of wisdom. ——Leo Tolstoy

16. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning. ——Zhuge Liang

17. My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. ——Zhuangzi

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

19. The best appreciation of wonderful articles, and the analysis of doubts. ——Tao Yuanming

20. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent.

——"Three Kingdoms"