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I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.