音频下载The Importance of Being Honest 诚实的重要性On a Friday night,a poor young artist stoodat the gate of t......
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音频下载The Importance of Being Honest 诚实的重要
性On a Friday night,
a poor young artist stood
at the gate of the subway station,
playing his violin.
Many people put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day,
the young artist came again,
and put his hat on the ground gracefully.
Different than the day before,
he took out a large piece of paper
and laid it on the ground.
Then he began playing.
Before long,
the young violinist was surrounded with people,
who were all attracted by the words on that paper.
It said,
“Last night,
a gentleman named George Sang
put an important thing into my hat by mistake.
Please come to claim it soon.”
After about half an hour,
a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry
and rushed through the crowd to the violinist
and grabbed his shoulders and said,
“Yes, it’s you.
You did come here.
I knew that you’re an honest man
and would certainly come here.”
The young violinist asked calmly,
“Are you Mr. George Sang?”
The man nodded.
The violinist asked,
“Did you lose something?”
“Lottery. It’s lottery,”
said the man.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket
on which George Sang’s name was seen.
“Is it?” he asked.
George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it;
then he danced with the violinist.
The story turned out to be this:
George Sang bought a lottery ticket
which won him a prize of $500,000.
So he felt very happy after work and felt the music
was so wonderful that he took out 50 dollars and put in the hat.
However the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
Later someone asked the violinist:
“why didn’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself?”
The violinist said,
“Although I don’t have much money,
I live happily;
but if I lose honesty I won’t be happy forever.”
Through our lives,
we can gain a lot and lose so much.
But being honest should always be with us.
If we bear ourselves in a deceptive and dishonest way,
we may succeed temporarily.
However, from the long-term view,
we will be a loser.
Such kind of people is just like the water on the mountain.
It stands high above the masses at the beginning,
but gradually it comes down inch by inch
and loses the chance of going up.
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