ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὰ πράγματα ἀφειδῶς διδούς

From LSJ

ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

devoting himself unsparingly to the work