Success comes from diligence and frugality; success comes from extravagance
●It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality
●Be generous when you have money, but starve when you have no money
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●If you want food and clothing, be diligent and thrifty
●Hold tightly, and you will have success every year
●Diligence can make up for weakness, and savings can make up for poverty
●Thinking Think before and after, always have enough food and clothing
●Be careful with your budget and keep your food and salt in order
●Those wearing tattered cloaks are often good drinkers (Spain)
● Even if you have to harvest thousands of kilos of food, you still have to have a simple meal
●Those who can eat can eat a thousand meals, and those who can’t eat can only eat one meal
●Be careful with your budget and keep the oil and salt constantly
●Those who wear tattered cloaks are often good drinkers (Spain)
●Eat porridge and rice for sweat
●You don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don’t live in the family
● Who loves romance and high style, but pities the times and is frugal in dressing up
●All finished things cannot be damaged
Quietness is used to cultivate one's character, and frugality is used to cultivate virtue - Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments".
1. A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties.
General idea: A gentleman uses the virtue of frugality to avoid danger.