Since ancient times, the ancients have had many famous sayings about frugality that have been widely circulated and have a positive impact on people to this day. The following is the content of ancient people’s famous sayings about frugality that I shared. I hope you like it!

Classic famous sayings about frugality by ancient people

1) Who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work

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2) A porridge and a meal are exchanged for beads of sweat

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

4) There is storage every year, and there will be no shortage of people in famine years

5) Stay calm to cultivate your health, and be frugal to cultivate your virtue. 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 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 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 "The Use of Jie" by Mozi

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

15) The frugal chapter prospers, while the obscene chapter perishes. ?"Mozi-Ci Guo"

16) Take it in moderation, use it in an orderly manner, and the article will always be sufficient. ?Volume 234 of "Zizhi Tongjian"

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 think about the difficulty of material resources. ?Zhu Bolulu's "Motto for Managing a Family"

Recommended famous sayings about frugality by the ancients

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

　2) Being poor without flattery, being rich without being arrogant. ?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 it will always be sufficient. ?Volume 234 of "Zizhi Tongjian"

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 to show health"

10) A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, constant thoughts on the difficulty of material resources. ?Zhu Bolu's "Motto for Managing a Household"

11) It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat drops 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 caused by diligence and frugality, and their success was broken down by 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 Promoting Health"

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

15) A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties. ?"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, while 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 sweat dripped from the soil. Who would have thought that every meal on the plate is hard work? ?Li Shen's "Compassion for the Farmers"

20) The extravagant are in ruins, the frugal are at peace, one evil and one good are in front of them. ?Bai Juyi

Selected ancient sayings about frugality

1) It is 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"

2) A review of the virtuous countries and families in the past. Their success was caused by diligence and frugality, and their success was broken down by extravagance. ?Li Shangyin's "Ode to History"

3) 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"

4) Be diligent in the country and be frugal in the family. ?"Shang Shu - Dayu Mo"

5) A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties. ?"Book of Changes - No"

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

7) People's livelihood depends on diligence, and diligence is not lacking. ?"Zuo Zhuan-Xuan Gong Twelve Years"

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

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

10) The extravagant are in ruins, the frugal are at peace, one evil and one good are in front of them.

?Bai Juyi

11) Don’t worry about poverty and lowliness, and don’t dwell on wealth. ?Tao Yuanming

12) A gentleman's journey is to cultivate one's character through tranquility and cultivate one's virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not be far-reaching. ?Zhuge Liang

13) Those who are extravagant will be in ruins, while those who are frugal will be safe. One evil and one good are in front of you. ?Bai Juyi

14) Do not think about danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and be frugal; cut down the roots in order to seek luxuriant trees, stop the source in order to have a long flow. ?Wei Zheng

15) Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was caused by diligence and frugality, and failure was caused by extravagance. ?Li Shangyin

16) The overlord took Erjiang alone, and many of his descendants surrendered with hundreds of cities. After the success of all the luxury, Anshi, the king of peace and happiness and misfortune

　17) Extravagance leads to more desires. A gentleman who is too lustful will seek wealth and honor, which will lead to disaster in vain. ?Sima Guang

18) Being extravagant means taking things recklessly and humiliating your ambition; if you practice frugality, you have nothing to ask for from others and nothing to be ashamed of yourself, which can nourish your spirit. ?Luo Dajing

19) I hope that you, the younger generation, can be like a candle that illuminates people, with warmth and light, loyal and down-to-earth, and contribute your strength to the great cause of mankind. There is no word "difficulty" in the dictionary of young people; there is no word "obstacle" in the oral language of young people. ?Li Dazhao

20) Knowing shame is almost courageous.

?Confucius

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