Bow and pick up your dignity!

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About 70 years ago, a young man went across sea from Norway to France, he wanted to apply to study at the famous Conservatoire de Paris (college of music and dance). During the exam, despite him playing at his best, he failed to gain admission into the college.

Without a penny on him, the young man came to a busy and luxurious street not far away from the college, he sat down under a large tree and started playing his violin.He played one song after another, which attracted people passing by to stop and listen. He was hungry and finally picked up his violin case, the crowd started to put money into his case.

At this time, a rogue walked by and contemptuously threw the money at the young men. The young men looked at the rogue and eventually bent down to pick up the money on the ground and said: "Sir, you’ve dropped your money."

The rogue took the money and again threw it at the foot of the young man and said arrogantly: "This money is already yours, you have to take it!"

The young man looked at the money and bowed politely at the rogue and said: "Sir, thank you for your support. You dropped your money earlier and I picked it up for you, may I trouble you to pick it up for me now that I have dropped my money?"

The rogue was shocked to hear the unexpected request, he picked up the money and put it in the violin case before walking away feeling embarrassed.

One of the onlookers was an examiner in the Conservatoire who witnessed the whole thing, he brought the young man back to the college and eventually admitted him.

The young man is Pierre Sardin, he later became a minor musicians in Norway, his masterpiece is "Lift up your chest."

When we hit the rock bottom in life, we may experience a lot of prejudices for no apparent reason; when we are struggling for survival, we may come across people who would take pleasure in treading on our dignity. Tit for tat is human instinct of course, but this approach would often make these people even more brutal. Instead, we should respond rationally with tolerance in order to keep our dignity. Then you will realise no evil can stand in the face of justice.
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彎彎腰，拾起你的尊嚴！

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七十多年前，一位挪威青年男子漂洋來到法國，他要報考著名的巴黎音樂學院。考試的時候，儘管他竭力將自己的水平發揮到最佳狀態，但主考官還是沒能看中他。

身無分文的青年男子來到學院外不遠處一條繁華的街上，勒緊褲帶在一棵榕樹下拉起了手中的琴。他拉了一曲又一曲，吸引了無數人的駐足聆聽。飢餓的青年男子最終捧起自己的琴盒，圍觀的人們紛紛掏錢放入琴盒。

一個無賴鄙夷地將錢扔在青年男子的腳下。青年男子看了看無賴，最終彎下腰拾起地上的錢遞給無賴說：「先生，您的錢丟在了地上。」

無賴接過錢，重新扔在青年男子的腳下，再次傲慢地說：「這錢已經是你的了，你必須收下！」

青年男子再次看了看無賴，深深地對他鞠了個躬說：「先生，謝謝您的資助！剛才您掉了錢，我彎腰為您撿起。現在我的錢掉在了地上，麻煩您也為我撿起！」

無賴被青年男子出乎意料的舉動震撼了，最終撿起地上的錢放入青年男子的琴盒，然後灰溜溜地走了。

围观者中有双眼睛一直默默关注着青年男子，是刚才的那位主考官。他将青年男子带回学院，最终录取了他。

这位青年男子叫比尔·撒丁，后来成为挪威小有名气的音乐家，他的代表作是《挺起你的胸膛》。

當我們陷入生活最低谷的時候，往往會招致許多無端的蔑視；當我們處在為生存苦苦掙扎的關頭，往往又會遭遇肆意踐踏你尊嚴的人。針鋒相對的反抗是我們的本能，但往往會讓那些缺知少德者更加暴虐。我們不如理智去應對，以一種寬容的心態去展示並維護我們的尊嚴。那時你會發現，任何邪惡在正義面前都無法站穩腳跟。
彎彎腰，拾起你的尊嚴！

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