Burning the temple to attain notoriety

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Burning the temple to attain notoriety.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2162.1

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general *Crane Vitry 143 No. 27.

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Filed under Short-sighted use of fire.

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Fool whose house is burning puts wood on the fire Quenching the burning boat. People row to land and fetch water from a spring to put out the fire

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