Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better.

不要因为自己在努力改善生活的过程中而可能取得的微乎其微的成功而气馁，也不要为此伤心痛苦。

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Skeptical, or simply embittered over the reserve accounting scandal, investors price Shell at only 9 times trailing earnings, versus 11 and 12 for its two larger rivals.

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