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没了诚信我一天也不会快乐In thebusy cityof NewYork,such anastonishing thingthatever happened.On aFriday night,a pooryoung artiststood atthe gateofthe subway station,playing hisviolin.Though themusic wasgreat,people werequickly goinghome forthe weekend.In thiscase,many of them sloweddown theirpaces and put somemoneyinto the hat ofthe youngman.The nextday,the youngartistcame tothe gateofthe subwaystation,andputhis haton thegroundgracefully.Different thanthe daybefore,he took outa largepiece ofpaper andlaid iton theground andput somestoneson it.Then headjusted theviolin andbegan playing.It seemedmore pleasantto listento.Before long,the youngviolinist wassurrounded withpeople,who wereall attractedby thewords onthat paper.It said,Last night,a gentlemannamed George Sang putan importantthinginto myhat bymistaken.Please cometo claimit soon.Seeing this,it causeda greatexcitement andpeople wonderedwhatit couldbe.After abouthalf anhour,a middle-aged manranthere ina hurryand rushedthrough thecrowd totheviolinist andgrabbed hisshoulders andsaid,Yes,its you.You didcome here.I knewthat yourean honestman andwouldcertainly comehere.The youngviolinist askedcalmly,Are youMr.George SangTheman nodded.The violinistasked,Did youlose somethingLottery.Its lottery,said theman.The violinisttook outa lottery ticket onwhich GeorgeSangsname wasseen.Is ithe asked.George noddedpromptly andseized the lottery ticket and kissedit,then hedanced withthe violinist.The storyturned outto bethis:GeorgeSangis anoffice clerk.He boughta lottery ticket issuedby abank afew daysago.The awardsopened yesterdayand hewon aprize of$500,
000.So hefelt veryhappy afterwork andfelt themusic wassowonderful,that hetookout50dollars andput inthehat.However thelotteryticketwas alsothrown in.The violinistwasa studentat anArts Collegeand hadplanned toattendadvancedstudies inVienna.He hadbooked theticketandwould flythatmorning.However whenhe wascleaning uphe foundthe lotteryticket.Thinking thatthe ownerwould returnto lookfor it,he cancelledthe flightand cameback towhere hewas giventhelotteryticket.Later someoneasked theviolinist:At thattime youwere inneededto paythe tuitionfee andyou hadto playthe violininthesubwaystation everyday tomake themoney.Then whydidntyou takethelotteryticket foryourselfThe violinistsaid,Although Idont havemuch money,I livehappily;but ifI losehonesty Iwont behappy forever.Through ourlives,we cangain alot andlose somuch.But beinghonestshould alwaysbe withus.If webear ourselvesin adeceptiveand dishonestway,we maysucceed temporarily.However,from thelong-term view,we willbe aloser.Such kindofpeople arejust likethe wateron themountain.It standshighabove themasses atthe beginning,but graduallyit comesdowninch byinch andloses thechance ofgoing up.中文在繁华的纽约,曾经发生了这样一件震撼人心的事情星期五的傍晚,一个贫穷的年轻艺人仍然像往常一样站在地铁站门口,专心致志地拉着他的小提琴琴声优美动听,虽然人们都急急忙忙地赶着回家过周末,但还是有很多人情不自禁地放慢了脚步,时不时地会有一些人在年轻艺人跟前的礼帽里放一些钱第二天黄昏,年轻的艺人又像往常一样准时来到地铁门口,把他的礼帽摘下来很优雅地放在地上和以往不同的是,他还从包里拿出一张大纸,然后很认真地铺在地上,四周还用自备的小石块压上做完这一切以后,他调试好小提琴,又开始了演奏,声音似乎比以前更动听更悠扬不久,年轻的小提琴手周围站满了人,人们都被铺在地上的那张大纸上的字吸引了,有的人还踮起脚尖看上面写着“昨天傍晚,有一位叫乔治桑的先生错将一份很重要的东西放在我的礼帽里,请您速来认领”见此情景,人群之间引起一阵骚动,都想知道这是一份什么样的东西过了半小时左右,一位中年男人急急忙忙跑过来,拨开人群就冲到小提琴手面前,抓住他的肩膀语无伦次的说“啊!是您呀,您真的来了,我就知道您是个诚实的人,您一定会来的”年轻的小提琴手冷静地问“您是乔治桑先生吗?”那人连忙点头小提琴手又问“您遗落了什么东西吗?”那位先生说“奖票,奖票:小提琴手于是掏出一张奖票,上面还醒目地写着乔治桑,小提琴手举着彩票问“是这个吗?”乔治桑迅速地点点头,抢过奖票吻了一下,然后又抱着小提琴手在地上跳起了舞原来事情是这样的,乔治桑是一家公司的小职员,他前些日子买了一张一家银行发行的奖票,昨天上午开奖,他中了万美50元的奖金昨天下班,他心情很好,觉得音乐也特别美妙,于是就从钱包里掏出美元,放在了礼帽里,可是不小心把奖票也扔了50进去小提琴手是一名艺术学院的学生,本来打算去维也纳进修,已经定好了机票,时间就在今天上午,可是他昨天整理东西时发现了这张奖票,想到失主会来找,于是今天就退掉了机票,又准时来到这里后来,有人问小提琴手“你当时那么需要一笔学费,为了赚够这笔学费,你不得不每天到地铁站拉提琴那你为什么不把那万元的奖票留下呢?”50小提琴手说“虽然我没钱,但我活得很快乐;假如我没了诚信,我一天也不会快乐」在人的一生中,我们会得到许多,也会失去许多,但守信用却应是始终陪伴我们的如果以虚伪、不诚实的方式为人处世,也许能获得暂时的“成功”,但从长远看,他最终是个失败者这种人就像山上的水,刚开始的时候,是高高在上,但渐渐地它就越来越下降,再没有一个上升的机会。