True Nobility——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. 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 selvesin 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 seriouslywithin begins to live more simply without. In an age of extravagance and waste, I wish I could show to the worldhow few the real wants of humanity are. To regret one's errors to the point ofnot repeating them is true repentance. There is nothing noble in being superiorto some other man. The true nobility is in being superiorto your previous self. 真实的高贵——欧内斯特·海明威风平浪静的大海上,每个人都是领航员。但只有阳光没有阴霾,只有快乐没有痛苦,那就全然不是人生。就拿最幸福的人来说——它是一团纠缠在一起的纱线。 丧亲之痛和幸福祝愿彼此相接,让我们一会伤心,一会高兴。 甚至死亡本身也会使生命更加可亲。 人们在生命的清醒时刻,在生活或事业中,性格比才智更能指导我们;心灵比头脑更能引导我们;而天分不如由判断力所调节的自制、耐心和纪律,更能让我们受益。 我始终相信,开始在内心生活得更严谨的人,在外表上才会开始变得更为简朴。 在一个奢华浪费的年代,但愿我能向世人表明:人类的真正需求少得可怜。 悔恨自己的过错,而且力求不重蹈覆辙,这才是真正的悔悟。优于别人,并不高贵,真正的高贵是优于过去的你自己。 作者简介欧内斯特·米勒尔·海明威(Ernest Miller Hemingway,1899年7月21日-1961年7月2日),美国小说家。海明威出生于美国伊利诺伊州芝加哥市郊区的奥克帕克,晚年在爱达荷州凯彻姆的家中自杀身亡。海明威代表作有《老人与海》、《太阳照样升起》、《永别了,武器》、《丧钟为谁而鸣》等,凭借《老人与海》获得1953年普利策奖及1954年诺贝尔文学奖。海明威被誉为美利坚民族的精神丰碑,并且是“新闻体”小说的创始人,他的笔锋一向以“文坛硬汉”著称。海明威的写作风格以简洁著称,对美国文学及20世纪文学的发展有极深远的影响。 朗读者(英文)姓名:古佳晨专业:国际教育学院2020级财务管理专业座右铭:Gubba nub nub doo rahkah 朗读者(中文)姓名:王伊楠专业:国际商学系2019级 国际经济与贸易专业座右铭:心之所向,是星辰大海。 同学们注意啦!