"Look a (gift) horse in the mouth"

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:07 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Bet Larry's relieved.
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In the local newspaper, a woman writes to the current Dear Abby
wondering why her supposed friend would give her books that the friend
herself had already read and did not like. After a brief list of
possible reasons - maybe she just thought that that you might like
them - Dear Abby advises the complainer to read the books and decide
for herself whether she likes the books.

"Stop _looking a gift horse in the mouth_."

trying to find the non-existent evil in an apparent good?

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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