“Let one who still doubts hear the testimony of the Gospel, for the Son of God said, "We have played for you, and you have not danced." The Jews who did not dance and knew not how to clap their hands were abandoned, but the Gentiles were called and applauded God in spirit. "The fool folds his hands together and eats hi…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Letters 51-60 (Letter to Bishop Sabinus)
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5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4Again, 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.
— Ecclesiastes 4:5 —
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.