Goodness preferred to wealth

Motif

Goodness preferred to wealth.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Real and apparent values. · Choice between useful and ornamental. · view the constellation · filed as J247

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Jewish *Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Choice between useful and ornamental.

1 finer motif beneath it

Man advised to choose good poor man for his daughter's husband rather than rich man

Filed beside it

Fruitful tree chosen Useful wins contest over beautiful Usefulness better than speed Goodness preferred to beauty Useful and ugly preferred to expensive and beautiful Strength preferred to cleverness Practical knowledge more vital than theoretical Learned person worth two unlearned. Latter wastes time, former not

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