名篇背诵17:真正的高贵(海明威)(在线收听

   编者按:

  反思自己的过错
  以至于不重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟
  比他人优越并无任何高贵之处
  真正的高贵在于超越过去的自我
  True Nobility
  In a calm sea every man is a pilot
  But all sunshine without shade
  all pleasure without pain
  is not life at all
  Take the lot of the happiest
  -it is a tangled yarn
  Bereavements and blessings
  one following another
  make us sad and blessed by turns
  Even death itself makes life more loving
  Men come closest to their true seives in the sober moments of life
  under the shadows of sorrow and loss
  In the affairs of life or of business
  it is not intellect that tells so much as character
  not brains so much as heart
  not genius so much as self-control
  patience
  and discipline
  regulated by judgment
  I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more serio
  -usly within begins to live more simply without
  In an age of extravagance and waste
  I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are
  To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance
  There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man
  The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self
  真正的高贵(海明威)
  在风平浪静的海面上
  每一个人都可以成为领航员
  但是假如只有阳光而没有阴影
  只有欢乐而没有痛苦
  那就全然不是人生
  就拿最幸福的人来说吧
  ——他们的命运是一团纠缠的纱线
  丧亲之痛和神恩赐福此起彼伏
  让我们悲欢交替
  甚至连死亡本身都让人生更为可爱
  人们在生命的庄严时刻
  在哀伤和丧亲的阴影之下
  最接近真实的自我
  在生活或事业的各种事务之中
  才智的效用远不如性格
  头脑的效用远不如心性
  天资远不如由判断力所约束的自制、耐心与教养
  我一向认为
  内心开始生活得更为严谨的人
  他外在的生活会开始变得更为简朴
  在一个奢侈浪费的时代
  但愿我能够向世人表明:
  人类真正的需求是多么的稀少
  反思自己的过错
  以至于不重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟
  比他人优越并无任何高贵之处
  真正的高贵在于超越过去的自我
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