Time renders all things commonplace.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom. · view the constellation · filed as J1075
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Woman tests enduring power of gossip by having a servant ride through streets on a flayed ass. By the third day he has ceased to attract attention. She concludes that it will be the same way in connection with her intended marriageFox is terrified on first seeing lion. The third time she meets him she has no fear
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Value depends upon real useCure yourself before doctoring othersPot calls kettle blackFutility of trying to teach the stupidResults of labor lost in a moment of procrastinationMan to be judged by his own qualities, not his clothesNever use your entire resourcesValue of silenceFutility of distant travelPreciousness of untroubled sleepFutility of trying to hide an obvious deedMoney does not always bring happinessIgnoring the unpleasant. Wise man refuses to react to unpleasantness. "I don't hear the unpleasant."Futility of expecting stranger to have one's interest at heartWhen the sweet fails try the bitter. Man pleads with thief who is stealing his figs. When pleading fails he brings him down from tree with stones. (Cf. J1581.2, T251.5.)