The constellation
U173 Futile attempt to explain to a blind man meaning of "white"
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The same sky, in words
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- Behavior of the blind · U170 entry
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- Two blind men succeed in fooling each other about their blindness · U172 entry
- Blind man crosses a narrow bridge which his guide is afraid to attempt · U171 entry
- Behavior of the blind · U170 entry
- Tree cut down with axe for which it has furnished a handle · U162 entry
- In vino veritas · U180 entry
- Man unable to persuade wife to confess misdeed to priest succeeds when he makes her drunk. (Cf. J1141.) · U181 entry
- Bad ruler, bad subject · U210 entry
- No great knights now because no great kings · U211 entry