I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on another's hearth.

我宁愿看到自己烟囱里冒出的烟,也不愿看到别人壁炉里的火。

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The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

年轻人把他的材料收集起来,建造了一座通向月球的桥,或者,也许是地球上的一座宫殿或寺庙,最后,中年人决定和他们一起建造一座木棚。

There's a lot of smoke being blown at you, but this is no new sport to me; I've been doing it a long time, I'm used to it and I see it coming immediately the minute it gets into our realm.

有很多烟被吹向你,但这对我来说不是新运动;我已经做了很长时间,我已经习惯了,我看到它马上就会进入我们的领域。

All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.

世上所有的地狱和动乱,甚至连上帝的手都没有握过,以致他所画的一个字母或一行字都没有损坏。

Generally when there's a lot of smoke... there's just a whole lot more smoke.

一般来说,当有很多烟的时候……只是有更多的烟。