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He who cares the least controls the situation.



Similarly, not hitting a gift horse in the mouth is a good idea.


I thought it was looking a gift horse in the mouth. Something about gum health being indicative of the age or health of the horse, and it being disrespectful to critically examine a gift in front of the giver.


that would be akin to looking up market price of a gift in front of person giving you something of value :D


Yeah, only the saying is slightly older than online product price lookups. It's the other way around, looking up prices now is akin to what looking a gift horse in rhe mouth has always been.




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