Things which cost nothing are those which cost the most. Wh… - Cesare Pavese

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Things which cost nothing are those which cost the most. Why? Because they cost us the effort of understanding that they are free.

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Cesare Pavese (9 September, 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic and translator.

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Things which cost nothing are those which cost the most. Why? Because they cost us the effort of understanding that they are free. - Cesare Pavese

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