I translate Greek into Latin unworthily. Either read Greek works (if you have knowledge of the language) or, if you know only Latin, do not unnecessarily judge gifts and, as the common saying goes, look a gift horse in the mouth [lit. "teeth"].

Non digne Graeca in Latinum transfero: aut Graecos lege (si ejusdem linguae habes scientiam); aut si tantum Latinus es, noli de gratuito munere judicare, et, ut vulgare proverbium est: equi dentes inspicere donati.

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