“"As he who eats much honey," etc. For the sweetness of honey, if more than is necessary is consumed, where the mouth delights, from there the life of the eater is harmed. Sweet also is the inquiry of majesty; but he who seeks this more than the recognition of humanity allows, that same glory of it crushes him, because…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs
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27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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In context
25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
— Proverbs 25:27 —
28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.