【Of（Studies及王佐良先生译文(英汉对照)x）】Of Studies
by Francis Bacon
Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.读书足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以长才。其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；其傅彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。
To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them only for ornament is affectation; and to make judgment wholly by them is the humour of a scholar. 读书费时过多易惰，文采藻饰太盛则矫，全凭学识以断事则迂。
Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. 读书使人充实，讨论使人机敏，笔记使人准确。
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。
That is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 这是说，有些书可浅尝，有些可吞咽，少数则需细嚼慢咽。
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 读书使人充实，讨论使人敏捷，写作使人精确。
And therefore, if a man write well, he may be said to have his wit at command. 因此，如果一个人能写得好，他便可说是思维自由。
He that is niggardly in his reading, is as one that is niggardly in his diet: he eats little, and yet is not nourished. 一个在阅读上吝啬的人，如同饮食上吝啬的人，吃不多却得不到滋养。
He that is curious in his reading, doth as a man that eateth all sorts of meats, but neither digesteth them, nor taketh any strength from them. 一个在阅读上过于好奇的人，就像什么都吃，但既不消化，也得不到营养。
The study of the world is the best kind of philosophy. 学习世界，是最好的哲学。
But he that would be a perfect orator must study the art of speaking, and he that would be a perfect statesman must study the art of government. 但若想成为完美的演说家，必须研究演讲的艺术；若想成为完美的政治家，则须研究治国之道。
So, let us learn to read, to speak, and to write, that we may be fit for the world. 因此，让我们学会阅读、说话与写作，以便适应这个世界。
《论读书》 王佐良译
读书足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以长才。其怡情也，最见于独处幽居之时；其傅彩也，最见于高谈阔论之中；其长才也，最见于处世判事之际。
读书费时过多易惰，文采藻饰太盛则矫，全凭学识以断事则迂。
读书使人充实，讨论使人机敏，写作使人精确。
书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。
这是说，有些书可浅尝，有些可吞咽，少数则需细嚼慢咽。
读书使人充实，讨论使人敏捷，写作使人精确。
因此，如果一个人能写得好，他便可说是思维自由。
一个在阅读上吝啬的人，如同饮食上吝啬的人，吃不多却得不到滋养。
一个在阅读上过于好奇的人，就像什么都吃，但既不消化，也得不到营养。
学习世界，是最好的哲学。
但若想成为完美的演说家，必须研究演讲的艺术；若想成为完美的政治家，则须研究治国之道。
因此，让我们学会阅读、说话与写作，以便适应这个世界。
