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- Suitor preferred who will pay enormous sum for bride. H318
- Old men preferred as councillors. J151.2
- Present evil preferred to change for worse. J215
- Early death with fame preferred. J216.5
- Captivity preferred to death. J217
- Unsatisfactory life preferred to death. J217.0.1
- Death preferred to other evils. J227
- Death preferred to captivity. J227.1
- Death preferred to dishonor. J227.2
- Physical pain preferred to poverty. J229.14
- Goodness preferred to beauty. J244
- Useful and ugly preferred to expensive and beautiful. J245
- Millstone preferred to jewels. Man shown jewels that cost much money; he replies that he has better stones (millstones) that earn that much. J245.1
- Strength preferred to cleverness. J246
- Man criticizes the devil because his deeds are not fair. Devil says that they are strong nevertheless. Hence strong speakers rather than clever are to be preferred. J246.1
- Goodness preferred to wealth. J247
- Quality preferred to quantity. J280
- Quality of offspring preferred to quantity. J281
- The present preferred to the past. J310
- Present values preferred to future. J320