Dreamer’s Blog Dreamer's Blog

True Nobility True Nobility

by Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway

In a calm sea every man is a pilot. But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all. 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 selves in the sober moments of life,under the shadows of sorrow and loss. 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 selves 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. 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 seriously 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. I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously 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. 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.

============分割线=============== Segmentation line =============== ============

记得上大一的时候背诵的学校发的英文小册子上面就有这么一篇文章，当时是老师要求背诵的，一开始觉得很无奈，后来读了几遍之后发现这篇文章写得真好，真是有智慧，字字经典。 Remember the first year of school recitation of the booklet in English above so there is an article at the time a teacher asked the recitation, at the beginning feel very helpless, and later found after rereading read the article written's nice, really Wisdom, every word classic. 很多道理当时我觉得我都能明白，可是，现在我依然做不到其中哪怕一句。 At that time, I think a lot of reasons I can understand, but now I still can not do even one of them. 还是要不断勉励自己，与上面这些话相似的东西我相信很多人都已经听了不只一遍，但是这些东西还是要常看常听。 Or to continue to encourage ourselves, and above these words similar to the things I believe many people have heard more than once again, but these things often do is to Changting. 我的忘性咋就这么大呢 My Wang Xingze on so much?

分享收藏 Share collections