The constellation
J340 Choices: little gain, big loss
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
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- Weight of bodily member chosen rather than its loss. (Cf. J351.) · J341 entry
- High wages bring expensive living · J342 entry
- Man refuses cure which brings greater inconvenience · J343 entry
- What one has is neglected in search for other things · J344 entry
- The valuable neglected for the interesting · J345 entry
- Better be content with what you have, than try to get more and lose everything · J346 entry
- Wealth and glory sacrificed for freedom and virtue · J347 entry