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“There is no such thing as a free lunch.”
—Anonymous.
An axiom from economics popular in the 1960s, the words have no known source, though have been dated to the 1840s, when they were used in saloons where snacks were offered to customers. Ascribed to an Italian immigrant outside Grand Central Station, New York, in Alistair Cooke’s America (epilogue, 1973)
“Shame, what was it? It was part of extreme delight. It was that part of delight of which man is usually afraid. Why afraid? The most secret, shameful things are most terribly beautiful.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)