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Ecclesiastes 4:6

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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

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Verse 6. Mind. These are the words of the slothful, ( Calmet.) or of truth. Bible. Proverbs 17:1.—The indolent will not observe moderation in the application of this sentence. Menochius.

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