And whatsoever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my reward of all my labor.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Labour. Hebrew, "and this was my portion of all my labour. "I perceived that I could not thus obtain content. (Calmet) "Thou (O God) hast made us for thyself, and our hearts are restless till they repose in thee. "(St. Augustine, Confessions i. 1.) (Menochius) Aurelius makes the same confession as Solomon, respecting the insatiable nature of his own heart, and the emptiness of pleasure

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