Little fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catch

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Little fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catch.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Present values chosen. · Present values preferred to future. · view the constellation · filed as J321.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Italian NovellaRotunda.
general Wienert FFC LVI 66 (ET 308), 105 (ST 176)
general Halm Aesop No. 28
general Jacobs Aesop 212 No. 53

Within the index

Filed under Present possessions preferred to future possibilities.

Filed beside it

A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain Lion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victims Present possessions preferred to future

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