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Filed under Zeal – temperate and intemperate.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Aesop with the unbent bow. Upbraided when found playing with children, he unstrings a bow and shows how good relaxation isRuler interrupts meeting of Senate to amuse his small son. When rebuked for making him a whistle he says: "I would have blown it for him had he asked me to do so."
Filed beside it
Intemperate zeal in truth-tellingIntemperate pugnacityIntemperance 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

wander