The constellation
J752 In planning future, profit by the past
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- Lady answers queen so straightforwardly she gets light punishment · J751.1.1 entry
- Truth the best policy. Servant about to be caught for theft rehearses the lie he is to tell his master. He finds lies so transparent that he decides to tell the truth · J751.1 entry
- Consider difficulties of course you are about to undertake · J751 entry
- Bear builds house of wood; fox of ice. Fox's house fails him in summer · J741.1 entry
- Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up · J752.1 entry
- Remove obstacles from path · J753 entry
- The only person in the bath. Servant reports to master that there is but one person in the public bath Master finds three hundred. Only one person had removed stone from his path; rest had stubbed toes. He was only one worthy of the name of man · J753.1 entry
- All aspects of a plan must be foreseen · J755 entry