Discontented ass longs for death but changes mind when he sees skins of dead asses at a fair

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Discontented ass longs for death but changes mind when he sees skins of dead asses at a fair.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice between evils. · view the constellation · filed as J217.2

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general Scala Celi 53b No. 299.

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Filed under Captivity preferred to death.

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Unsatisfactory life preferred to death Escaped lamb delivers himself to shepherd rather than to slaughter

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