No one offers something without expecting something in return. (This…

No one offers something without expecting something in return. (This proverb or its acronym “TANSTAAFL” are often attributed to the author Robert A. Heinlein who used them in his novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), but the expression has been dated to the late 1930s, and the acronym to at least as early as October 1949. Another common variant is: There’s no such thing as a free lunch.)

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