daf bit: Megilah 6

(New tractate. Ta'anit was short at 31 pages, plus I missed last week due to travel.)

Rabbi Yitzchak said: if a man says to you "I have labored and not found", do not believe him. And if he says "I have not labored but still have found", also do not believe him. If he says "I have labored and have found" you may believe him, but only in respect to torah study, not business, for in business all depends on the assistance of heaven. And even for study of torah this is only for penetrating to the meaning (sharpening the understanding); for remembering what one has learnt, all depends on the assistance of heaven. (6b)

(We discussed using this quote on Mi Yodeya's 404 page (page not found), but didn't actually do it. But when I saw it in today's daf I just had to share it here. :-) )