Wisdom learned from children

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Wisdom learned from children.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom learned from children. · view the constellation · filed as J120

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general *Chauvin VIII 62 No. 27
general Penzer I 186.

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5 finer motifs beneath it

Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age. Man gives his old father half a carpet to keep him warm. Child keeps the other half and tells his father that he is keeping it for him when he grows old Naïve remark of child: "You forgot to strike mother." A father in habit of beating his wife remarks that he has forgot something. The child says, "I know. You forgot to strike mother." Wisdom of child decides lawsuit. King in disguise sees child's game which represents the case Learning the virtue of patience from children. When their meals are stolen, they quietly search for them Parents's misdeeds innocently betrayed by children

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