One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late.

孩子第一次带着偷来的鸡蛋回家,就应该受到惩罚。否则,等他带着偷来的牛回家时,就太晚了。

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To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour.)

洗驴头只不过是浪费时间和肥皂。(责备愚人是徒劳的。)

You reach out your hand, but you are all alone, in those time passages.

你伸出手,但在那段时间里,你是孤独的。