The constellation
J401 Scarcity of real friends
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- Choice of associates · J400 entry
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- Choice of associates · J400 entry
- Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her · J391.1 entry
- Kind foster-parents chosen rather than cruel parents. (Cf. J325.) · J391 entry
- Choices: kind strangers, unkind relatives · J390 entry
- "A friend is known in need." · J401.0.1 entry
- Socrates builds himself a little house. Criticized for its smallness he says, "I wish I had true friends enough to fill it." · J401.1 entry
- Association of equals and unequals · J410 entry
- Great refuse to associate with lowly · J411 entry