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Or maybe:

Give a man a fish and he owes you one fish.

Teach a man to fish and you lose your monopoly.

Fortunately that's not how PerlMonks generally works though. ;)

True laziness is hard work

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Re^3: New to perl
by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 24, 2011 at 13:22 UTC
    Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -- Pratchet

    (Not that I could name more than a few specific serial clue-impervious people that I'd like to set alight of course . . .)

    The cake is a lie.
    The cake is a lie.
    The cake is a lie.