Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 4:8
A church father on this verse
“"Then I returned and contemplated futility beneath the sun: a lone and solitary man who has neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to his toil, nor is his eye ever sated with riches, nor does he ask himself, 'For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of goodness.' This too is futility, indeed, it is a sorry tas…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8There is one alone, and there is not a second; Yea, he has neither son nor brother: Yet there is no end to all his labor; Neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; And for whom do I labor, And deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, And an evil trouble.
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6Better is a handful of rest Than two handfuls of trouble And waywardness of spirit.
7So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 4:8 —
9Two are better than one, Seeing they have a good reward for their labor.
10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: But woe to him that is alone when he falls, And there is not a second to lift him up.