真正的高贵是优于过去的自己

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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