The famous aphorisms for reading are as follows:

1. The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock. It is the time for men to study. Black-haired people don't know how to study hard 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 man wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan.

3. Work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by playfulness; success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu.

4. Don’t wait and see, as your young head turns gray and you feel empty and sad. ——Yue Fei.

5. To establish oneself, study is the first priority, and to study is based on reading. ——Ouyang Xiu.

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

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

8. Read thousands of 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 thoroughly and think carefully. ——Zhu Xi.

11. Read the book a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. ——Chen Shou.

12. Reading is like traveling. Don’t be afraid of adventures. ——"Qing Shi Duo Reading".

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. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. --Confucius.

16. Smart and eager to learn, and 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 one who is 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 morning and evening are close to each other. ——Yu Qian.

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

22. If you don’t read for three days, thorns will grow in your mouth; if you don’t play for three days, thorns will grow on your hands. ——Zhu Shunshui, Qing Dynasty, "Answers to Wild Questions".

23. There are three ways to read: 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. Aspirations should be based on true character, and studying requires hard work. ——Ruan Yuan.