Man who rises too early. The king in order to correct the habit has him robbed. He says that robbers get up even earlier than he

Motif

Man who rises too early. The king in order to correct the habit has him robbed. He says that robbers get up even earlier than he.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Retorts concerning thefts. · view the constellation · filed as J1394.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Chauvin II 196 No. 26.

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Filed under Thieves' nocturnal habits.

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Night study. A thief having scorned Demosthenes for his constant study, the latter says, "I know that you have not failed to notice that I study much at night."

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