A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.

少量的苦胆能坏大量的蜂蜜。

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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

你有许多小的天赋和美德,但是没有必要炫耀它们,因为自负会毁掉最优秀的天才。真正的才华和善良不会被长期忽视,所有力量的最大魅力在于谦虚。

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

人们普遍认为,成功使人变得虚荣、自我中心和自满,从而使人堕落,这种观点是错误的;相反,它使他们,在大多数情况下,谦虚,宽容和善良。

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

对身体不好的人的任性应该给予很大的体谅。

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.

如果他迷失了片刻,他会一头扎回蜂蜜里。

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

一心只想做好事的人将一事无成。

It is difficult to spit honey out of a mouth full of gall.

从充满胆汁的嘴里吐出蜂蜜是困难的。

He who would steal honey, must not be afraid of bees.

偷蜂蜜的人,不要怕蜜蜂。