Diligence can make up for clumsiness, and frugality can nourish integrity. Definition: Diligence can make up for one's clumsiness, and frugality can cultivate one's integrity. It means that diligence and frugality can not only get rid of poverty, but also cultivate virtue. Liang Guodong's "Diligence and Thrift": "Diligence can make you rich, frugality can nourish integrity. Diligence is a money tree, frugality is a cornucopia."

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Quotations and aphorisms about diligence and thrift:

< p>1. Don’t worry about poverty and lowliness, and don’t dwell on wealth. ——Interpretation: Don’t be worried and sad about poverty, don’t rush after wealth. The words come from "The Biography of Mr. Wu Liu" by Tao Yuanming from the late Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty.

2. Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, while leisure can destroy one's life. ——Interpretation: Only by worrying and working hard can the country be revitalized, while trying to enjoy ease will definitely cause harm to one's life. The source is "New History of the Five Dynasties: Preface to the Biography of Lingguan" by Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty.

3. Only frugality can lead to integrity, and only forgiveness can lead to virtue. ——Interpretation: Frugality can make people honest, and forgiveness can create kindness. From

"Self-Alarm Chapter: Frugality" by Zhao Shanxuan of the Southern Song Dynasty

4. A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a strand, constant thought of material difficulties. ——Interpretation: For a bowl of porridge and a bowl of rice, you should always think about how hard it is to get them; for a half silk and half a thread, you should always think about how difficult it is to get these things. The words come from Zhu Bolu's "Motto on Managing a Family" in the Qing Dynasty.

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Diligence can make up for weakness, frugality can nourish integrity