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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In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment.

为了在她的收入方面被认为是一个好人,她必须比他表现得更好。为了有同样的就业机会,她必须更稳定、更值得信赖、更熟练、更廉价。

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。

I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it.

我用老鼠写作,因为它没有与之相关的心理联系、记忆或习惯。

Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, The fields his study, Nature was his book.

陌生的世界,他带着一副害羞的表情,田野是他的书房,自然是他的书。

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

野心不大的人如果被邀请吃饭,就会急于被安排在主人的旁边。

The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door.

鸟儿、蜜蜂、奔跑的孩子,对那扇滑动玻璃门来说,都是一样的。

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.

永不说谎就像你的门上没有锁,你永远不会完全孤独。

I'm pretty pleased with my place in the world.

我对自己在世界上的地位很满意。

Force always attracts men of low morality.

武力总是吸引道德败坏的人。

The mouse is bridled in his house.

老鼠被关在屋里。

Paranoid is better than careless.

偏执总比粗心好。