Defences by strengthening one's own weakest spots

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Defences by strengthening one's own weakest spots.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Forethought in defences against others. · view the constellation · filed as J672

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Filed under Forethought in defences against others.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Ears stopped with wax to avoid enchanting song. Odysseus and the Sirens Cotton put in ears so as not to hear abusive words

Filed beside it

Practical and impractical defences Defence when one needs it most Defences in and out of season Man slays another in order not to be slain himself Youthful fencer yields to infuriated opponent who has picked up a pestle. "Two against me. I surrender." Foolishness of king's taking a washerman for chief minister; washerman makes no preparation for war and kingdom is conquered. [Inadvertant duplication of U129.3.]

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