真正的高贵是优于过去的自己

weixin 搜索熊叔英语，每日与熊叔一起乐学英语 True Nobility 真正的高贵 In a calm sea 在风平浪静的海面上 every man is a pilot 每一个人都可以成为领航员 But all sunshine without shade 但是假如只有阳光而没有阴影 all pleasure without pain 只有欢乐而没有痛苦 is not life at all 那就全然不是人生 Take the lot of the happiest 就拿最幸福的人来说吧 -it is a tangled yarn ——他们的命运是一团纠缠的纱线 Bereavements and blessings one following another 丧亲之痛和神恩赐福此起彼伏 make us sad and blessed by turns 让我们悲欢交替 Even death itself makes life more loving 甚至连死亡本身都让人生更为可爱 Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life 人们在生命的庄严时刻 最接近真实的自我 under the shadows of sorrow and loss 在哀伤和丧亲的阴影之下 In the affairs of life or of business 在生活或事业的各种事务之中 it is not intellect that tells so much as character 才智的效用远不如性格 not brains so much as heart 头脑的效用远不如心性 not genius so much as self-control patience and discipline regulated by judgment 天资远不如由判断力所约束的自制、耐心与教养 I have always believed that 我一向认为 the man who has begun to live more seriously 内心开始生活得更为严谨的人 within begins to live more simply without 他外在的生活会开始变得更为简朴 In an age of extravagance and waste 在一个奢侈浪费的时代 I wish I could show to the world 但愿我能够向世人表明： how few the real wants of humanity are 人类真正的需求是多么的稀少 To regret one's errors 反思自己的过错 to the point of not repeating them is true repentance 以至于不重蹈覆辙才是真正的悔悟 There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man 比他人优越并无任何高贵之处 The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self 真正的高贵在于超越过去的自我