A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
发明
Invention
Necessity... the mother of invention.
必要性…发明之母。
The book is man's best invention so far.
这本书是迄今为止人类最好的发明。
Without invention nothing is well-spaced.
没有发明，任何东西都是不协调的。
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
被抓住是发明之母。
Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.
女人的美德是男人最伟大的发明。
When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void.
当一个人一无所有时，他就会发明。它填补了一个空白。
Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.
永远不要退却:这是一个可怜的发明。
Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
命运是懦夫和逆来顺受者的发明。
I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.
我说我没有发明的能力。我也没有模仿的能力。
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.
一项发明必须在它完成的世界里有意义，而不是在它开始的世界里。
Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer.
人是创造出来的，通常不会接受否定的答案。
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
发明创造早已达到极限，我看不出有进一步发展的希望。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
文学是我向同胞们举起镜子的召唤，这对我来说很自然;在开放的发明领域，我并不是没有希望给他们带来快乐。
Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.
我们的创造能力已经超过了我们明智地使用我们发明的产品的能力。
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.
人是充满希望和创造的动物，这两者都掩盖了事情是无法改变的这一观点。
My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.
我的发明，(电影摄影机)，可以被利用…但除此之外，它没有任何商业价值。
Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
人类的生存，从亚当和夏娃到农业的发明，一定是不稳定的，因为他不能保证他的粮食供应。