Sirach 31:19 (WEB)
How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little. He doesn’t breathe heavily in his bed.
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“The Scripture accordingly, giving a most comprehensive compend, has expressed all in one word: “To an instructed man sufficiency is wine, and he will rest in his bed.”” — editor's note: see Ecclus. xxxi. 19, where, however, we have a different reading.
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