A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. —
一个头发开始变白的中年男子同时追求着两个女人。 —

One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. —
其中一个女人年轻，另一个则年龄较大。年长的女人感到羞愧，因为她被一个比自己年轻的男人追求，于是每次这个追求者来访时，她都会拔掉他的一些黑发。 —

The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. —
相反，年轻的女人不想嫁给一个年迈的男人，所以她也会竭力去除他头发上的每一根白发。 —

Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head.
结果很快他发现自己的头上连一根头发也没有了，这都是两个女人的功劳。

Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.
那些试图取悦每个人的人最终却无法得到任何人的欢心。