Quoting%20commentary for Pirkei Avot 4:10

רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, הֱוֵי מְמַעֵט בְּעֵסֶק, וַעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה. וֶהֱוֵי שְׁפַל רוּחַ בִּפְנֵי כָל אָדָם. וְאִם בָּטַלְתָּ מִן הַתּוֹרָה, יֶשׁ לְךָ בְטֵלִים הַרְבֵּה כְנֶגְדָּךְ. וְאִם עָמַלְתָּ בַתּוֹרָה, יֶשׁ לוֹ שָׂכָר הַרְבֵּה לִתֶּן לָךְ:

R. Meir says: Diminish (your) occupation [with business or labor] and occupy yourself [primarily] with Torah. And be of lowly spirit before all men, [to learn even from those lesser than you in wisdom.] And if you would be idle [in Torah study], there are many idlers beside you [to assist you in doing so. Or: There are many idlers in the world, the wicked and the savage beasts, through whom the Holy One Blessed be He can bring punishment upon you.] And if you have toiled in Torah He has much reward to give you. [He Himself will reward you, and not a messenger, His attribute of good being greater than that of His punishment.]

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