Thrift Quotes

A man's ordinary expenses ought to be but half of his receipts, and if he think to wax rich, but to the third part. (Francis Bacon, 1561-1620)

He will always be a slave, who does not know how to live upon a little. (Horace, 65-8 b.c.)

Resolve not to be poor; whatever you have, spend less. (Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784)

Thrift is care and scruple in the spending of one's means. It is not a virtue, and it requires neither skill nor talent. (Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804)

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