書的陪伴Companionship of Books

             A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps: for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
          A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of trouble or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing usin youth, and comforting us in age.
        Books possess an extract having the fundamental properties of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author'sminds ages ago. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products, for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
         Books introduce us into the best society: they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did. we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, hurt with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were, in a measure, actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
         The great and good do not die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old. The great intellects of the world are as much alive now as they were ages ago.
       通常可通過閱讀的書籍，他以及他的公司不斷：因爲這裏有一個書籍的陪伴以及男子;已知的一名男子和一名應該永遠活在最好的公司，無論是書籍或男人。
      阿本好書，可能是其中最好的朋友。這是相同的今天，它始終是，而且永遠不會改變。它是最有耐心和同伴愉快。它不要求我們把在困難或危難倍回來。它總是得到同樣的善意，有趣的使用方面，我們和指導青年，年齡和安慰我們。
    圖書擁有摘錄具有不朽的基本屬性。直至目前爲止，人類努力的最持久的產品。寺廟，佛像腐爛，但書籍生存。時間是沒有大的思想，這是因爲當他們第一次通過其author'sminds年齡前通過新鮮今天帳戶。時間的唯一效果是要篩選出不良產品，文學沒有任何東西可以長期存在下去，但什麼是真的很好。
     圖書引進最好的社會，我們：他們帶入的最偉大的曾經存在，我們的生活思想。我們聽到他們說，沒有。我們看到他們，好像他們真的還活着，我們非常同情他們，與他們享有與他們傷害，他們的經驗成爲我們的，我們感覺如果我們在一個措施，與他們演員，他們所描述的景象。
     偉大和良好沒有死，甚至在這個世界上。在書籍防腐處理，其精神走國外。這本書是活的聲音。這是一個理智的哪一個會聽。因此，我們永遠是根據舊的偉人的影響。世界上的大知識分子，竟然是現在還活着，因爲他們年齡前。