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J1442 A cynic's retorts
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- The cynic wants sunlight. King (to cynic): "What can I do for you?" "Get out of my sunlight. Don't take away from me what you can't give me." · J1442.1 entry
- The cynic at the bath. Leaving an unclean bath house: "Where can I go now to wash?" · J1442.2 entry
- The cynic and the pale gold. "Why is gold so pale?" "It is in great danger." · J1442.3 entry
- The cynic's burial. Asked who will carry him to his grave if he has no friends: "He who needs my house." · J1442.4 entry
- The cynic as judge of wine. Asked which wine tastes best, he says, "That belonging to other people." · J1442.5 entry
- The cynic and the big gates. Coming to a little town with big gates, he says, "Close the gate so that the town won't run away." · J1442.6 entry
- The cynic and the bastard stone-thrower. Cynic: "Be careful; you might hit your father." · J1442.7 entry
- The cynic discusses heaven. Hearing a man discoursing at great length about heaven, he asks, "When did you come down from there?" · J1442.8 entry
- The cynic and the bald-headed man. His only reply to the baldheaded man's slanders is to compliment the hair that has left such a horrible head · J1442.9 entry
- The cynic and the deceiver. When the deceiver calls him wicked, he says, "I am glad that you are my enemy; for you do good to your enemies and evil to your friends." · J1442.10 entry
- The cynic and the fig tree. Man tells friend that his wife has hanged herself on a fig tree. Friend: "Give me a shoot of that tree!" · J1442.11 entry
- Cynic is asked if widower should remarry. "One who has just escaped from drowning should not return to sea." · J1442.12 entry
- The smallest woman makes the best bride. "Of an evil choose the smallest part." · J1442.13 entry