The constellation
J1088 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.)
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The same sky, in words
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- Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom · J1060 entry
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- Reinforcement of the request for alms. A clown asks for alms and receives nothing. He then throws pellets made of herbs at the steward, saying that there is great power in words, herbs, and stones: he has tried two of them and plans to try the third. He is given alms · J1581.2 entry
- Strength in words, in herbs, and in stones. When first two do not cure shrewish wife, the last does. (Cf. J1563.6, J1581.2, J2412.5.) · T251.5 entry
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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