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Motif

Cynic praises power of reason. Tells Alexander that the power of reason makes even a poor man as great as a king.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1442.1.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Exempla Keller.
Within the index

Filed under The cynic wants sunlight. King (to cynic): "What can I do for you?" "Get out of my sunlight. Don't take away from me what you can't give me."

Carried in tale types

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