没了诚信我一天也不会快乐
In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing that ever happened%26#46;
On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin%26#46; Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend%26#46; In this case, many of them slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man%26#46;
The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully%26#46; Different than the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it%26#46; Then he adjusted the violin and began playing%26#46; It seemed more pleasant to listen to%26#46;
Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with people, who were all attracted by the words on that paper%26#46; It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistaken%26#46; Please come to claim it soon%26#46;"
Seeing this, it caused a great excitement and people wondered what it could be%26#46; 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%26#46; You did come here%26#46; I knew that you're an honest man and would certainly come here%26#46;"
The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr%26#46; George Sang?"
The man nodded%26#46; The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"
"Lottery%26#46; It's lottery," said the man%26#46;
The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen%26#46; "Is it?" he asked%26#46;
George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, then he danced with the violinist%26#46;
The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an office clerk%26#46; He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago%26#46; The awards opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000%26#46; 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%26#46; However the lottery ticket was also thrown in%26#46; The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna%26#46; He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning%26#46; However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket%26#46; Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket%26#46;
Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in needed to pay the tuition fee and you had to play the violin in the subway station every day to make the money%26#46; Then 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%26#46;"
Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much%26#46; But being honest should always be with us%26#46; If we bear ourselves in a deceptive and dishonest way, we may succeed temporarily%26#46; However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser%26#46; Such kind of people are just like the water on the mountain%26#46; It stands high above the masses at the beginning, but gradually it comes down inch by inch and loses the chance of going up%26#46;
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50万美元的奖金。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50美元，放在了礼帽里，可是不小心把奖票也扔了进去。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50万元的奖票留下呢？”
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。