Association with fools

Motif

Association with fools.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Fools (general). · Association with fools. · Association with fools. · view the constellation · filed as J1710

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IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 3, Section I
Literary CrystallizationThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Chapter 16XVI. NEIGHBOUR-LOVE.
Literary CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, King Lear Act 1

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Numskulls go a-travelling. (Cf. J1742.)Numskulls quarrel over a greeting. Three men greeted by a stranger. Quarrel as to whom he greeted. "I greeted the biggest fool among you." A contest is held in which tales are told to decide which is the biggest fool Foolish married couples. (Cf. J1701, J1702.)Association of wise men with fools A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table Three silly pundits sent to a raja as the two-footed cattle he had demanded

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