The constellation
J1060 Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom
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- Value depends upon real use · J1061 entry
- Cure yourself before doctoring others · J1062 entry
- Pot calls kettle black · J1063 entry
- Futility of trying to teach the stupid · J1064 entry
- Results of labor lost in a moment of procrastination · J1071 entry
- Man to be judged by his own qualities, not his clothes · J1072 entry
- Never use your entire resources · J1073 entry
- Value of silence · J1074 entry
- Time renders all things commonplace · J1075 entry
- Futility of distant travel · J1076 entry
- Preciousness of untroubled sleep · J1081 entry
- Futility of trying to hide an obvious deed · J1082 entry
- Money does not always bring happiness · J1085 entry
- Ignoring the unpleasant. Wise man refuses to react to unpleasantness. "I don't hear the unpleasant." · J1086 entry
- Futility of expecting stranger to have one's interest at heart · J1087 entry
- When the sweet fails try the bitter. Man pleads with thief who is stealing his figs. When pleading fails he brings him down from tree with stones. (Cf. J1581.2, T251.5.) · J1088 entry