Some Chinese proverbs on Books

How can we live a life without books?! Books are mentioned in lots of proverbs, in all languages. Here I would like to list some in Chinese.

• 好书如挚友
  hǎo shū rú zhì yǒu
  A good book is a good friend.
• 一本好书，相伴一生
  yī běn hǎo shū, xiāng bàn yī shēng
  A good book is the best of friends， the same today and forever.
• 读书如交友，应求少而精
  dú shū rú jiāo yǒu, yìng qiú shǎo ér jīng
  Books and friends should be few but good.
• 读书使人充实，交谈使人精明
  shú shū shǐ rén chōng shí, jiāo tán shǐ rén jīng míng
  By reading we enrich the mind， by conversation we polish it
• 择书如择友
  zé shū rú zé yǒu
  Choose an author as you choose a friend.

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