The constellation
J756 Advice after the event valueless
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- The forgotten wind. Man allowed to manage the weather forgets to ask help of the wind. All goes wrong and he must give up management · J755.1 entry
- All aspects of a plan must be foreseen · J755 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
- Remove obstacles from path · J753 entry
- Doctor gives advice after patient dies. Scorned for lack of foresight · J756.1 entry
- Beware of following an interested adviser · J758 entry
- Tailless fox tries in vain to induce foxes to cut off tails · J758.1 entry
- Noseless man persuades fools to cut off noses · J758.1.1 entry