Intemperate pugnacity.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Zeal – temperate and intemperate. · view the constellation · filed as J552
Motif
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Filed under Zeal – temperate and intemperate.
6 finer motifs beneath it
Noblemen who quarreled over a device. Wiser of the two shows foolishness of such a fightNoblemen being ruined by long lawsuit decide wisely to join their families in marriage and save their fortunesSerpent (weasel) tries to bite a fileHelmet left for woman to quarrel with. Woman insists upon quarreling with a nobleman. He says, "If you wish to quarrel, I shall leave my helmet here. You can talk to it."Brothers compose quarrel and save umpire's feeBoast at home. In Castile a Spaniard maintains to a Portuguese that the Spanish king is best of all. In Portugal, that the Portuguese king is best. "Each cock crows in his own barnyard."
Filed beside it
Intemperate zeal in truth-tellingIntemperance in workIntemperance in service. Emperor rebukes overzealous servant as being a nuisanceIntemperance in obedienceIntemperance in honestyIntemperance in undertaking laborIntemperance in sacrificingIntemperance in pursuitIntemperance in charity. A waste of time to make a bed for a dog who lies down wherever he happens to be tired. Likewise a waste of time to help unappreciative peopleMan resuscitates a lion which devours himIntemperance in worshipIntemperance in fasting