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Ecclesiastes 4:6-8
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6 Better is a handful with quiet
    than two handfuls with toil
    and a chasing after wind.(A)

7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.(B)

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