If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

如果一个男人能……做一个更好的捕鼠器,世界就会开辟一条通往自己家门口的路。

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We do not want the racial antipathies or national antagonisms of the Old World transformed to this continent - as they will, should we become a part of European politics. The people of this country are overwhelmingly for a policy of neutrality.

我们不希望旧世界的种族仇恨或民族对立转变为这一大陆- -如果我们成为欧洲政治的一部分,他们将会这样做。这个国家的人民绝大多数支持中立政策。

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

我成了自己版本的乐观主义者。如果我不能通过一扇门,我会通过另一扇门——或者我要做一扇门。无论现在多么黑暗,可怕的事情总会发生。

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over.

人类兄弟会的原则是自恋的……因为这种爱的基础一直是这样一种假设:我们应该认识到,我们在全世界都是一样的。

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

如果一个人写的书比他的邻居好,讲道比他的邻居讲的好,捕鼠器比他的邻居做的好,即使他把房子盖在树林里,世界也会为他开辟一条平坦的道路。

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

白人知道如何制造一切,但他不知道如何分配。

It's better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you're not.

宁可因为你是谁而被恨,也不要因为你不是谁而被爱。

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

建立一个更好的捕鼠器,世界将会为你打开一条通往你家门口的路。

Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.

没有什么比关上图书馆的门更让我恶心的了。

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

我从未想过我会为世界歌唱。

It is a bold mouse that nestles in the cat's ear.

窝在猫耳朵里的老鼠最勇敢。

You cannot be a mouse and bat at the same time.

你不可能同时是一只老鼠和一只蝙蝠。