Intemperance in fasting — Mythoi

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Intemperance in fasting.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Zeal – temperate and intemperate. · view the constellation · filed as J565

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Filed under Zeal – temperate and intemperate.

1 finer motif beneath it

Fool fasts on roof till he becomes so weak he falls off

Filed beside it

Intemperate zeal in truth-telling Intemperate pugnacity Intemperance in work Intemperance in service. Emperor rebukes overzealous servant as being a nuisance Intemperance in obedience Intemperance in honesty Intemperance in undertaking labor Intemperance in sacrificing Intemperance in pursuit Intemperance 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 people Man resuscitates a lion which devours him Intemperance in worship

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