Repartee concerning false reform

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Repartee concerning false reform.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning false reform. · view the constellation · filed as J1400

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The tailor's dream. A tailor dreams that at Judgment Day he sees a flag made up of all the pieces of cloth he has stolen Upon waking he asks his servants to warn him if they ever see him tempted to steal again. This happens. He replies, "The piece I am about to steal does not fit into the flag."

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