I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is (B)futility 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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The Vanity of Selfish Toil

Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

(A)The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
(B)Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

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