It's not that I can't see righteousness, but that I'm afraid I'm not brave enough to see righteousness.
-Xie Juezai
Don't speak ill or do bad things, but learn to be more ashamed in front of yourself than others.
-democritus
Quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality.
-Zhuge Liang
A gentleman worries about Tao but not poverty.
Confucius
Poverty has no flattery, wealth has no arrogance.
-Zigong
Strong is frugal, poor is not poor.
-Xun Kuang
The extravagant and lazy are poor, and the thrifty are rich.
-Han Fei
A gentleman's trip is quiet and self-cultivation, frugal and self-cultivation, indifferent and peaceful.
-Zhuge Liang
Luxury is frugal, but fierceness is in sight.
-Bai Juyi
Don't think about being prepared for danger in times of peace, and refrain from extravagance and thrift; Swargen seeks wood for luxury, and the source of the plug wants to flow long.
Wei Zhi
Look at the countries and families of sages before, and you can go from frugality to luxury.
-Li Shangyin
The overlord takes the two rivers alone, and the descendants fall into a hundred cities. After the success of luxury, what is the double danger?
-Wang Anshi
Luxury leads to more desires. If a gentleman longs for more, he will read Mu Fugui, and he will waste his way and get into trouble soon.
-Sima Guang
Luxury is to take it, ambition is to humiliate it; If you are frugal, you want nothing. If you are innocent, you can nourish your spirit.
-Luo Dajing
Half a vermicelli is still a treasure of public property and should be treasured forever. The students don't understand Yu Zhongqu, but they call Yu a good man.
-Xu Teli
People who let themselves be completely dominated by wealth can never be fair.
-democritus
Honesty stories of foreign celebrities
1February, 809 12, abraham lincoln was born in a peasant family. When he was a child, his family was poor, so he didn't have a chance to go to school. He works with his father in the western wasteland every day. He himself said: "When I entered school in my life, it was less than a year." But Lincoln was studious and asked others for advice whenever he had the chance. No money to buy paper and pens. He always holds a book in his arms when herding cattle, chopping wood and digging the ground. During the break, he ate hard and cold bread and read with relish. In the evening, he often reads under a small oil pan until late at night.
When he grew up, Lincoln left his hometown and went out to make a living alone. He has done everything, worked as a short-term worker, worked as a sailor, a shop assistant, a village postman, a land surveyor, and also did heavy work of logging and chopping wood. No matter what he does, he is very serious and responsible, honest and trustworthy.
As a teenager, he worked as a clerk in the village grocery store. On one occasion, a customer overpaid a few cents, and it took him more than ten miles to return it. On another occasion, he found that he had given the customer two or two teas less, so he ran several miles to deliver the tea to that family. He is honest, diligent and modest, and is loved by people around him wherever he goes.
1834, at the age of 25, Lincoln was elected as a senator from Illinois and began his political career. 1836 became a lawyer through the examination.
When he became a lawyer, he was proficient in law, eloquent and famous in the local area. Many people came to him for help in the lawsuit. But he defended the client on one condition, that is, the client must be a fair party. Many poor people have no money to pay for their labor, but just tell Lincoln: "I am just, please help me to do justice." Lincoln will defend him for free.
Once, a rich man asked Lincoln to defend him. After listening to the client's statement, Lincoln found that the man was framing a good man, so he said, "I'm sorry, I can't defend you because your behavior is unfair."
The man said, "Mr. Lincoln, I just want you to help me fight this unfair lawsuit." As long as I win the case, you can ask for any reward. "
Lincoln said seriously: "As long as you use a little skill in court defense, your case is easy to win, but the case itself is unfair." If I take your case, when I stand in front of the judge and speak, I will say to myself,' Lincoln, you are lying.' Lies can only be said out loud when you lose your conscience. I can't lose my conscience and I can't lie. So ask someone else. I can't help you "
The man listened and left Lincoln's office silently without saying a word.
A just future president
Lincoln was a sailor in his early years. One day in June, he and several sailors came to the slave auction market in the southern American city of New Orleans. They saw rows of slaves standing there in shackles and handcuffs, all of them tied together by thick ropes. Slave owners look at their slaves like mules and horses. Sometimes they will go up and touch their arms and pat their thighs to see if they are strong enough to work in the future. Slave owners whipped slaves and branded them with red-hot iron bars. At this time, young Lincoln said angrily, "What a shame! When I have a chance, I must completely crush this slavery. "
1860, at the age of 5/kloc-0, Lincoln won the US presidential election and became the President of the United States. He really abolished slavery and realized this great ambition. At the same time, he is respected by the American people.
Franklin worked honestly.
Franklin was an American, a famous scientist and social activist in the18th century. He participated in the drafting of the American Declaration of Independence and made great contributions to American independence and freedom.
He comes from a family of craftsmen who have been working while the iron is hot for generations. Because there are many children at home, it is difficult for his parents to make a living by working while the iron is hot. Twelve-year-old Franklin saw his parents worried about their livelihood all day and wanted to do something for his family. At this time, my father made candles besides striking iron.
Later, his brother ran a newspaper in the city. Franklin went to his brother as an apprentice and studied typesetting in a printing factory. His brother was mean to him, often scolding him for trivial matters, and sometimes beating him up, which made Franklin unbearable and soon left there to look for a job in another printing factory. But his brother was very bad. He told all the owners of printing houses in the city not to hire Franklin.
Franklin had to find a job in other cities. He lived in Philadelphia, and a man named Kemou asked Franklin to help him manage his printing factory and promised him a high salary. Franklin couldn't find another job for the time being, so he agreed. At that time, Franklin was already a skilled worker, and other workers hired by Kaimou were people who didn't know much about printing, typesetting and binding. Kaimou pays these people a low salary. Smart Franklin saw this situation and guessed that Kaimou wanted him to turn these cheap hired workers into skilled workers and then drive himself away. Kaimou has a bad reputation in the local area, and everyone knows that he is a sly guy.
Although Franklin had guessed Kaimou's thoughts, he thought that since he promised to accept the job, he should try his best to do it well and be serious and responsible for the work, and he should not affect his serious attitude towards the work because of his bad boss. So, he teaches these workers some skills every day, and even teaches them the method of making fonts he invented.
Ke was very polite to Franklin at first. A few months later, he found that his cheap hired workers had basically mastered typesetting and printing technology, so he began to pick on Franklin for no reason and deducted his salary for no reason. On one occasion, Ke pointed to Franklin's nose and called him a stupid pig. Franklin was very angry and said, "There are only bosses like stupid pigs, and there are no workers like stupid pigs. People like you don't deserve to be a boss at all. "
Kemou wanted to drive Franklin away, so he sarcastically said, "God didn't leave you a genius to work here. You can slip away like a squid. "
Franklin didn't want to do it long ago, so he said in front of the workers, "Kaimou, don't beat around the bush." You invited me here to train workers for you. " Now that they are all skilled workers, you can kick me out. I have guessed your mind. But don't worry, Franklin has always been honest, and I won't spread the wrong technology to them because of your meanness. After you fire them, they can easily find jobs on their own. "
With that, Franklin packed his bags and left the shop.
The edge of a cliff
Judge Crane of new york was born in a poor worker's family. In order to make a living, he worked in a private enterprise since he was a child. The employer treated him like a dog and made him do heavy work. He only pays him two dollars a week. In fact, his job is worth at least ten dollars a week.
One day, he didn't eat all day, but he worked for the company with $2,500 in cash. He thought of stealing at that time, but he thought: My mother always thinks that I am absolutely honest, and I can't make my mother sad for this despicable employer.
Later, he recalled this incident and said, "Like many young people, I once stood on the edge of a cliff."
Scott died honestly and honorably.
Walter Scott, a famous British novelist, is an honest and trustworthy person. Although he is poor, people respect him very much.
Scott is honest. One of his friends saw that his life was very difficult and helped him set up a publishing and printing company. But he was not good at business and soon went bankrupt. This left the poor writer with a debt burden of 60 thousand dollars.
Scott's friends discussed raising enough money to help him pay his debts. Scott refused. He said, "No, I can pay off my debts with my own hands. I can lose anything, but the only thing I can't lose is credit. "
In order to pay his debts, he worked as hard as an old ox pulling a scooter. His friends all admire his courage and say that he is a real man, an upright and noble man.
At that time, many newspapers reported the news of his closure, and some articles were full of sympathy and regret. He threw all these articles into the stove and said to himself, "Walter Scott doesn't need pity and sympathy. He has precious credit and the courage to overcome life. "
After that, he worked harder and learned a lot of jobs that he couldn't do before. I often go to several units a day and change jobs, which makes people tired, dark and thin.
Once, after reading a novel written by Scott, one of his creditors approached him and said, "Mr. Scott, I know you are trustworthy, but you are a very talented writer." You should spend more time writing, so I decided to forgive your debt. Don't pay back the money you owe me. "
Scott said, "Thank you very much, but I can't accept your help. I can't be a person without credit. "
After this incident, he wrote in his diary: "I have never slept like this." My creditor told me that he thought I was an honest and reliable person. He said he could forgive my debt, but I can't accept it. Although the road ahead is hard and dark, it makes me feel glorious. I may die hard to save my reputation, but I died honorably. "
Scott fell ill for a time because of hard work. In his illness, he often said to himself, "I owe others debts, and I haven't paid them off yet." I have to get better. When I earn money and pay off my debts, I will die gloriously and peacefully. "
This belief enabled Scott to recover from his illness quickly. Two years later, he paid off his debts by his own labor.
Little Lenin learned honesty from the vase.
Lenin was the leader of the October Revolution in Russia and the founder of the first socialist country. He has been cheerful and lively since he was a child, and often damages things at home.
When Lenin was eight years old, his mother took him to visit his aunt Ania. Lively little Lenin accidentally broke a vase at his aunt's house. But nobody saw it.
Later, the aunt asked the children, "Who broke the vase?" All the other children said, "Not me."
Because Lenin was afraid of telling the truth in a stranger's house and being scolded by an unfamiliar menstruation, he also answered loudly with everyone: "No-yes-me!" "
However, from his expression, mother had guessed that the vase was broken by naughty little Lenin. Because children are naughty, similar things often happen at home. But Lenin always took the initiative to admit his mistakes and never lied.
So Lenin's mother thought: What should we do with children who lie? Of course, the easiest way is to directly expose this matter and punish him. But Lenin's mother didn't do it. She believes that it is important to educate her son to admit his mistake and be an honest boy instead of blaming him.
So she pretended to believe her son and didn't mention it for three months. Instead, I told my son all kinds of honest and trustworthy virtue story, waiting for his son's conscience to sprout a sense of shame about his behavior.
From then on, Lenin's mother obviously felt that her son was not as lively as before, as if her conscience was torturing him.
One day, before Lenin went to bed, his mother stroked his head as usual and told him a story. Unexpectedly, Lenin was in tears and told his mother painfully, "I cheated my Ania menstruation. I said I didn't break the vase, but I did. " Hearing that the child was ashamed and uncomfortable, the mother patiently comforted him and said, "Write a letter to Aunt Ania and admit your mistake. My aunt will certainly forgive you. "
So Lenin got up at once and, with the help of his mother, wrote to his aunt to apologize.
A few days later, Xiao Lenin received a reply from Aunt Ania, in which she not only expressed her forgiveness for Xiao Lenin, but also praised Xiao Lenin as an honest boy.
After being forgiven, Lenin was very happy and lived a happy life as before. He also quietly said to his mother, "It is good to be an honest man and not be condemned by conscience." The mother looked at her son and smiled knowingly.