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Judge not that you be not judged: thus judge upbraided when he is later accused in court and claims mercy.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Wisdom of deliberation. · view the constellation · filed as J571.6

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Filed under Avoid hasty judgment.

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When in anger say the alphabet. Man thus restrained from hasty judgmentKing given three wheels to control his angerKing in anger punishes misdeed on Easter day. Is almost killed himself in retaliation. He submits and says that he deserves this punishment for hasty actionAvoid hasty punishmentKing restrained from hasty judgment by being told storyAnswer questions of a fool the next dayUnpaid servant refuses to blame master: later rewarded

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