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J1040 Decisiveness of conduct
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- Indecision. (Cf. J1040.) · W123 entry
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- Gods help those who help themselves. Ox driver must put his shoulder to the wheel before Hercules will help him · J1034 entry
- Gardener who plants vegetable tends it best · J1033 entry
- Stag found by master when overlooked by servants. Hides under hay and escapes until master himself comes · J1032 entry
- Grain will be cut when farmer attends to it himself. Lark leaves her young in the cornfield. They hear farmer tell sons to go to neighbors for help in harvesting. Lark tells young not to worry. Same when he sends for relatives. Farmer decides to harvest it himself. Larks move, for they now know that it will be done · J1031 entry
- Impossibility of pleasing everyone. One must act therefore without awaiting everyone's approval · J1041 entry
- Weather to please one only. Attempt to please everyone with weather unavailing. Weather given therefore without regard to men's desires · J1041.1 entry
- Miller, his son, and the ass: trying to please everyone. Miller blamed when he follows his son on foot; when he takes the son's place on the ass; when he takes the son behind him; and when he puts the son in front of him · J1041.2 entry
- Attention to warnings · J1050 entry