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by croon 30 days ago
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde

Or one I prefer, though unattributed: "If the only lens through which you can view life is value in currency, that which is priceless becomes worthless."

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> A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

So the opposite of a Lisp programmer then!

A Lisp programmer it's very aware of the value of nil or ().
Look up "perlis epigrams lisp" for the context here. :)