Not what you were but what you are counts.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Present values chosen. · The present preferred to the past. · view the constellation · filed as J312
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- GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 77.— THE GOOD BAEGAIN.
- GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 179179.— THE GOOSE-GIEL AT THE WELL.
- Hermetic / AlchemicalThe Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged, Tract 14: The New Chemical Light, Part I (Michael Sendivogius)
- Greco-RomanThe Aeneid, Book 2
- GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 192192.— THE MASTEE-THIEF.
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