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Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Reading history makes one wise, poetry delicate, mathematics subtle, natural philosophy profound, logic and rhetoric able to contend. What you read becomes your character. — Francis Bacon
When reading, one must think deeply and ask many questions. To read without thinking may lead to blind imitation, becoming a slave to the book, or merely skimming the surface with little to gain. — Wang Zikun
It is natural for a writer to write and a farmer to dig. But if, when taking a photo, a writer pretends to be a rough laborer posing for a 'Figure with a Hoe and Hat,' or a farmer holds a book under a willow tree, pretending to be a 'Deep Reading in the Willow Shade' scene, it becomes truly cringeworthy. — Lu Xun
At the third watch, the lamp burns; at the fifth watch, the rooster crows. This is the time when a young man should study. If you do not know to be diligent while your hair is black, you will regret it when your hair turns white. — Yan Zhenqing
Loving to read is like exchanging the lonely and boring moments of life for moments of immense enjoyment. — Montesquieu
A truth learned purely from books has a relation to us like a prosthetic limb, a false tooth, a wax nose, or even a skin graft. But a truth obtained through independent thinking is like our natural limbs: only these truly belong to us. — Arthur Schopenhauer
读书使人充实，讨论使人机智，笔记使人准确，读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理使人庄重，逻辑修辞使人善辩。凡有所学，皆成性格。 ——培根
读书时要深思多问。只读而不想，就可能人云亦云，沦为书本的奴隶；或者走马看花，所获甚微。 ——王梓坤
文人作文，农人掘锄，本是平平常常的，若照相之际，文人偏要装做粗人，玩什么“荷锄带笠图”；农夫则在柳下捧一本书，装作“深柳读书图”之类，就要令人肉麻。 ——鲁迅
三更灯火五更鸣，正是男儿读书时，黑发不知勤学早，白发方悔读书迟。 ——颜真卿
喜爱读书，就等于把生活中寂寞无聊的时光换成巨大享受的时刻。 ——孟德斯鸠
一种纯粹靠读书学来的真理，与我们的关系，就像假肢、假牙、蜡鼻子甚或人工植皮。而由独立思考获得的真理就如我们天生的四肢：只有它们才属于我们。 ——叔本华