The constellation
J215 Present evil preferred to change for worse
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Choice between evils · J210 entry
beneath it
- Don't drive away the flies. Wounded animal (man) refuses to have the flies driven away since they are now sated and their places will be taken by fierce and hungry flies · J215.1 entry
- Oxen decide not to kill butchers, since inexpert killers might replace them · J215.2 entry
- Heathcock prefers home with hardships to travel in foreign lands · J215.3 entry
- Monk goes to wilderness to escape work on material things. Finds that he must work to live and returns to monastery · J215.4 entry