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The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીસભાશિક્ષક ૫:૧૨
મજૂર ગમે તો ઓછું ખાય કે વધારે ખાય તોપણ તે શાંતિથી ઊંઘી શકે છે. પણ દ્રવ્યવાનની સમૃદ્ધિ તેને ઊંઘવા દેતી નથી.
हिन्दीसभोपदेशक ५:१२
परिश्रम करनेवाला चाहे थोड़ा खाए, या बहुत, तो भी उसकी नींद सुखदाई होती है; परन्तु धनी के धन बढ़ने के कारण उसको नींद नहीं आती।

In context

10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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