μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Choices: little gain, big loss.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The monkey and the lost lentil. Lets all others he has in his hand fall in order to search for itHost wants to learn Hebrew even at risk of forgetting his own language
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Weight of bodily member chosen rather than its loss. (Cf. J351.)High wages bring expensive livingMan refuses cure which brings greater inconvenienceThe valuable neglected for the interestingBetter be content with what you have, than try to get more and lose everythingWealth and glory sacrificed for freedom and virtue

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