a. It is only after I have read ten thousand books piled up like a mountain that I have been able to come up with one poem.
b. It is only after I have I read heaps of books that I have been able to write one poem. (Yuan Mei (1716-1798), poet of the Qing Dynasty)
万卷山积，一篇吟成。(清·袁牧《续诗品·博习》 )
To possess a collection of books piled dozens of feet high is not as meaningful as read one inch of them.(Liu Yan (1656-1716) of the Qing Dynasty)
有书堆数仞，不如读盈寸。(清·刘岩《读诗》)
Reading is a delightful thing, but it is incomparable with personal practice.(Liu Yan (1656-1716) of the Qing Dynasty)
读书虽可喜，何如恭践履。(清·刘岩《杂诗》)
The collection of ten thousand books facilitates reading by the young children; the trees planted during the past ten years enhance landscape. (Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), poet of the Northern Song Dynasty)
万卷藏书宜子弟，十年种木长风烟。(宋·黄庭坚《郭明甫作西斋于颖尾请予赋诗》二首其一)
宜：便于 to facilitate
风烟：风景；景致 landscape
When you have read over ten thousand books, you can write like divine-inspired/magic.(Du Fu (712-770), poet of the Tang Dynasty)
读书破万卷，下笔如有神。(唐·杜甫《奉赠韦左承丈二十二韵》)
He takes delight in reading, but he does not bother about minor details.(Tao Yuanming (365-427), poet of the Jin Dynasty)
好读书，不求甚解。(晋·陶渊明《五柳先生传》)
好：喜欢 to like
There is no end of learning until one is encased in coffin.
学而不已，阖棺乃止。-- 《韩诗外传》卷八
阖：盖上 to encase (a coffin)
a. A To bequeath your children a basketful of gold is not as good as give them Confucian classics to study.
b. It’s better to leave your children books to study than bequeath them a basketful of gold to live on. -- History of Han, Chronicle of the Han Dynasty by Ban Gu
遗子黄金满籝，不如一经。 -- 《汉书·韦贤传》
遗：留给 to bequeath
籝：筐之类的器具 basket
经：儒家经典，泛指书籍 Confucian classics; books
If you trust Shangshu without reserve, you had better go without it. -- Mencius, by Meng Ke (c. 372-289 BC), philosopher and Confucian scholar of the Warring States Period
尽信《书》，则不如无《书》。 -- 《孟子·尽心下》
《书》：《尚书》或《书经》 Shangshu; Collection of Ancient Texts
If one can attain new understanding by reviewing old knowledge, he can qualify as a teacher.-- The Analects
温故而知新，可以为师矣。-- 《论语·为政》
温故：复习旧知识 to review old knowledge
知新：有心体会 to attain new understanding; to add new dimension to understanding
it's the good reader that makes the good book.（Ralph W.Emerson)
好书须得慧眼识。（爱默生，《论成功》）
Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. (John Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies, “Preface”)
生命是短暂的，宁静的时刻尤少；我们应当阅读珍奇的书籍而不蹉跎时光。 （罗斯金，《芝麻与百合》，《序》 ）
In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. (Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero-Worship, v, “The Hero as Man of Letters”)
书里蕴藏着全部过去时代的精魂，古昔发出的朗朗之声，而旧时的形体和物质恰如梦境一般，早已荡然无存。 （卡莱尔，《英雄与英雄崇拜》第5篇《作为文豪的英雄》 ）
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ---Edmund Burke
读书不加思考，如同吃东西不经消化。---埃德蒙·柏克
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking that makes what we read ours. ---John Locke
阅读只是用堆积的知识来充实大脑；只有思考才能使我们读过的东西真正成为自己的。---约翰·洛克
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight. ---Shelley
一首伟大的诗犹如一座喷泉，不断地喷出智慧和快乐的泉水。 ---雪莱
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries. ---Rene Descartes
读好书，如同与先哲们交谈。---雷内·笛卡尔
If well used, books are the best of all things; if abused, among the worst. -R.W.Emerson
如果利用得当，书籍就是最好的朋友；反之，如果滥用，它就会变成最坏的东西了。-R.W.爱默生
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors; and the most patient of teachers. ---C.W.Eliot
书籍是人类最宁静很最永恒的朋友，也是最易接近和最具智慧的顾问，还是最有耐心的良师益友。---C.W.艾略特
Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. ---Chinese Proverb
行万里路，胜读万卷书。---中国谚语
Classic”--- A book which people praise and don't read. ---Mark Twain
“经典之作”是人人皆称赞却不愿去读的书。---马克·吐温
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ---Bacon
一些书可以浅尝即止；一些书可以狼吞虎咽；而有些书则需要细嚼慢咽，好好消化。---培根
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. ---Bacon
阅读使人充实，交谈使人机智，写作使人精确。---培根
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. -Aristotle
学问在成功时是装饰品，在失意时是庇护所，在年老时是供应品。-亚里士多德
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study. (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。(英国哲学家 培根 . F.)
Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
永恒的真理如果不在新的社会形势下赋予新的意义,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。 (美国总统 罗斯福 . F.)
If you don't learn to think when you are young , you may never learn .(Thomas Edison , American inventor )
如果你年轻时就没有学会思考，那么就永远学不会思考。(美国发明家 爱迪生 . T.)
thematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend . (Francis Bacon , British philosopher )
历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;伦理使人庄重;逻辑修辞学使人善辨。( 英国哲学家 培根. F.)