One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

טֹ֕וב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

Ecclesiastes 4:6

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Topic

Work and leisure Taking it easy Work

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Ecclesiastes 4:6).

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Another quote about Work

When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work.

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?

Plato

Phaedrus

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Phaedrus

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, section 258e.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in Hebrew

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Deliverance of Israel Liberation
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Exodus The Bible
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Scripture
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Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 3:8).