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I want gets nothing expression or saying

Don’t ask for things

Collector

Iliff family – 1950s
Mark’s family growing up

Notes

Took a lot of working out, but seems to boil down to a Morton’s Fork: if you don’t ask you don’t want, but if you do ask you’re a greedy beggar who deserves nothing

Submitted: 11/08/2021 by Mark ● Last updated: 12/01/2025 12:37 by Mark

any thoughts?

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