Snake complains to Zeus that people step on him. Zeus: "If you had bitten the first foot that stepped on you it would not be done now."

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Snake complains to Zeus that people step on him. Zeus: "If you had bitten the first foot that stepped on you it would not be done now."

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Forethought in prevention of others's plans. · view the constellation · filed as J623.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general Wienert FFC LVI 77 (ET 430), 128 (ST 364)
general Halm Aesop No. 347.

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Filed under Prevention of hostility by inspiring fear in enemy.

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