I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is [a](B)vanity and striving after wind. The fool (C)folds his hands and (D)consumes his own flesh. One hand full of rest is (E)better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Or futility, and so throughout the ch