Oxen decide not to kill butchers, since inexpert killers might replace them.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice between evils. · view the constellation · filed as J215.2
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- general Wienert FFC LVI 65 (ET 289), 115 (ST 254).
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