The [author of the] Hidushei ha-rim had a neighbor who was very poor and who used to constantly moan all day long –

The Hidushei ha-rim was no wealthy man either and his wife asked him – “look your neighbor keeps on moaning but you never utter a negative word”.

The Hidushei ha-rim replied: “I have such a great mind that with one moan I can achieve what my neighbor does by moaning all day”.

I.F.

Rabbi Hirshberg 

Of Chicago