Present possessions preferred to future possibilities — Mythoi

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Present possessions preferred to future possibilities.

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

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A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain Little fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catch Lion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victims Present possessions preferred to future

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Don't injure yourself to insure your family's future Man to be reforged chooses present unhappiness. He is in heaven and God is to reforge him, but he chooses not to change Children choose father they know rather than real father they do not yet know. Woman confesses that child is not by her husband. Child, however, chooses to keep the father he knows. (Cf. J391, J1279.1.) Man prefers servant girl who is present to her absent mistress Soldier prefers to live rather than die and be avenged on enemy

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