3) If you are not a householder, you don’t know how valuable firewood and rice are.

4) Save money every year, and not waste people in lean years

5) Maintain your health through tranquility, and cultivate your virtue through frugality . Zhuge Liang

6) Luxury will be killed by his own strength. Pre-Qin Dynasty "Zuo Zhuan Xianggong 29th Year"

7) Things in the world are often achieved by diligence and frugality but failed by extravagance. Lu You

8) Extravagance leads to more desires. A gentleman's excessive desire for wealth and honor will lead to disaster in vain. Sima Guang's "Exercise frugality to show good health"

9) After the success of luxury, there will be both happiness and peace. Wang Anshi

10) A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties, but cannot use glory and wealth. Pre-Qin "Yi Zhuan Fu"

11) Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil. Pre-Qin Dynasty "Zuo Zhuan Zhuang Gong Twenty-fourth Year"

12) Extravagance and frugality must be regarded as a blessing in the world. Pre-Qin "Three Kingdoms Wei Shu Jikai Biography"

13) The cost of imprisoning the country and removing its useless expenses is enough to double that. Pre-Qin Dynasty's "Mozi's Use of Jie"

14) Jie is used internally and cultivates virtue externally. Pre-Qin Dynasty "Zuo Zhuan Zhaogong Nineteenth Year"

15) The frugal chapter prospered, while the obscene chapter died. ——"Mozi - Ci Guo"

16) Take it in moderation, use it in an orderly manner, and the article will always be sufficient. ——Volume 234 of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

17) Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil. ——"Zuo Zhuan - The Twenty-Fourth Year of Duke Zhuang"

18) Only frugality can help integrity, but forgiveness can achieve virtue. ——"History of the Song Dynasty - Biography of Fan Chunren"

19) It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. ——Sima Guang's "Exercise thrift to show health"

20) A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, always remember the difficulty of material resources. ——Zhu Bolulu's "Motto for Managing a Family"

2. 1) A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty. ——Confucius

2) Be poor without flattery, be rich without arrogance. ——Zigong

3) If you strengthen your foundation and use it sparingly, you will never be poor. ——Xun Kuang

4) Those who are extravagant and lazy will be poor, while those who are strong and thrifty will be rich. ——Han Fei

5) Frugality leads to prosperity, while immorality leads to ruin. ——"Mozi-Ci Guo"

6) Take it in moderation and use it in moderation, and you will always have enough. ——Volume 234 of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

7) Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil. ——"Zuo Zhuan - The Twenty-Fourth Year of Duke Zhuang"

8) Only frugality can help integrity, but forgiveness can achieve virtue. ——"History of the Song Dynasty - Biography of Fan Chunren"

9) It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. ——Sima Guang's "Exercise Thrift and Prosperity"

10) A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, always think about the difficulty of material resources. ——Zhu Bolulu's "Motto for Managing a Family"

11) It's noon on the day of hoeing, and sweat drips from the soil. Who would have thought that every meal on the plate is hard work? ——Li Shen's "Compassion for the Farmers"

12) Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, their success was due to diligence and frugality, and they were broken down to luxury. ——Li Shangyin's "Ode to History"

13) It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. ——Sima Guang's "Teaching Thrift and Prosperity"

14) Be diligent in your country and be frugal in your family. ——"Shang Shu - Dayu Mo"

15) A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties. ——"The Book of Changes - No"

16) Quietness is used to cultivate one's character, and frugality is used to cultivate virtue.——Zhuge Liang

17) People's livelihood depends on diligence, and diligence is not lacking. ——"Zuo Zhuan - The Twelve Years of Xuan Gong"

18) Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, but leisure can destroy one's life. ——"New History of the Five Dynasties - Preface to the Biography of Lingguan"

19) It was noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat dropped from the soil. Who would have thought that every meal on the plate is hard work? ——Li Shen's "Compassion for the Farmers"

20) Those who are extravagant are in ruins and those who are frugal are at peace. One evil and one good are in front of them.

——Bai Juyi