It were wiser to spend my hours with the books which bring no aftertaste of bitterness — with the great poets whom I love, with the thinkers, with the gentle writers of pages that soothe and tranquillize.
把我的时间花在那些不会带来苦涩回味的书上——与我所爱的伟大诗人、思想家、温柔的作家一起,那些书页舒缓和平的书是明智的。