A gentleman's journey is to cultivate one's character through tranquility, and cultivate one's virtue through frugality. Without indifference, one will not be able to clarify one's aspirations, and without tranquility, one will not be able to reach far.

1. Frugality itself is a great source of wealth. - Seneca?

2. Frugality is a feast that you can never finish in your life. ——Emerson?

3. Once comfortable enjoyment becomes a habit, people almost no longer feel fun at all, and it becomes a real need of people. ——Rousseau?

4. Whoever scrimps on food and clothing on weekdays will easily survive when he is poor; whoever is luxurious and extravagant when he is rich will die of hunger and cold when he is poor. ——Sadie's "Rose Garden"?

5. Luxury is just getting happiness from the labor of others. ——Montesquieu's "The Spirit of the Laws"?

6. A porridge and a meal, when you think about where you came from, it is not easy; half a thread, half a thread, constant thoughts are difficult for material affairs. ——Zhu Bolulu's "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" ?

7. A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty. ——Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong"?

8. Wealth is limited and expenses are unlimited, so we should live within our means. ——Yan Zhitui?

9. Those who are extravagant and lazy will be poor, while those who are strong and thrifty will be rich. ——Han Feizi's "Han Feizi Xian Xue"?

10. Always think of the time as the time of the time, and do not mistake the time of the time for the time of the time. ——"Zeng Tang Xian Wen"?

11. Quietness nourishes the body, frugality nourishes virtue. ——Zhuge Liang?

12. Extravagant generals will be killed by their own strength. ——Pre-Qin "Zuo Zhuan·The 29th Year of Duke Xiang"?

13. Things in the world are often achieved by diligence and frugality but failed by extravagance. ——Lu You?

14. 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 happiness"?

15. After the success of luxury, there will be both happiness and peace. ——Wang Anshi?

16. A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties, but cannot use glory and wealth. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty's "Book of Changes·No"?

17. Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil. ——Pre-Qin "Zuo Zhuan·Twenty-Four Years of Duke Zhuang"?

18. Extravagance and frugality must be regarded as a blessing in the world. ——Pre-Qin "Three Kingdoms·Book of Wei·Ji Kai Biography"?

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

20. Jie is used internally and cultivates virtue externally.

——Pre-Qin "Zuo Zhuan·Nineteenth Year of Zhaogong"

Frugality

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●Frugality is The never-ending feast of your life (Emerson)

●No small thing saves an empty wallet (Toto More)

●Coins are round, so Easy to roll away (Toriano)

●A penny saved is equal to a penny produced (UK)

●Whatever you save is what you get (Denmark)

●Gold has no seeds, it comes from thrifty families

●When you are full, you save a mouthful, when you are hungry you get a bucket

●If the water flows slowly, you will not worry about disaster

●Save money on cigarettes and alcohol, and ask for help when you are in an emergency

●Save money to save money when there is a shortage, save money to prepare for shortages when there is a shortage

●Save money for benefits and use money for hardships

●If you plan carefully enough for half a year, you will not suffer in times of famine

●If you have reserves every year, you will not be deprived of people in times of famine

●The inevitable consequence of luxury is that the disintegration of weathering will in turn cause The Corruption of Taste (UK)

●Luxury will destroy people's spiritual purity, because unfortunately, the more you get, the more greedy you become, and indeed you always feel that you cannot satisfy yourself (Angel)

●Luxury is like wine, which both excites and debilitates people (Karl)

●Luxury and debauchery are just phenomena of social corruption, not the cause (Lu Xun)

●A person who pursues a high-level material life at all costs must have low-level thoughts and morals (a latent husband)

●Luxury is the death of morality (Switzerland)

●Luxury is the starting point of national weakness (Cuba)

●Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty (Greece)