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Ignoring the unpleasant. Wise man refuses to react to unpleasantness. "I don't hear the unpleasant."

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom. · view the constellation · filed as J1086

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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 silenceTime renders all things commonplaceFutility of distant travelPreciousness of untroubled sleepFutility of trying to hide an obvious deedMoney does not always bring happinessFutility 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.)

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