The constellation
J312 Not what you were but what you are counts
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- Heed not the past · J311 entry
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- Do not ask: "Why were the former days better than the present ones?" · J311.2 entry
- Count only the waves before you. Fox sees man trying to count the waves. Advises him to count only those immediately before him and to pay no attention to those which have already passed · J311.1 entry
- Heed not the past · J311 entry
- The present preferred to the past · J310 entry
- Wasp twits butterfly with coming from ugly chrysalis: unimportant where you come from · J312.1 entry
- Present values preferred to future · J320 entry
- Present possessions preferred to future possibilities · J321 entry
- A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain · J321.1 entry