Famous quotes about frugality

1. All savings are, in the final analysis, the saving of time. ——Marx

2. After all the success of luxury, happiness and peace of mind come with disaster. ——Wang Anshi

3. Frugality is the secret to getting rich. ——Britain

4. Being extravagant means taking things for granted and humiliating one's ambition; if one is frugal, one has nothing to ask for from others and nothing to be ashamed of oneself, which can nourish one's spirit. ——Luo Dajing

5. A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties, but cannot use glory and wealth. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty's "Yi Zhuan Fu"

6. 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 Xianwen"

7. Luxury is like wine, which both excites and debilitates people. ——Karl

8. Frugality itself is a great source of wealth. —— Seneca

9. Don’t pour out the things accumulated in spoonfuls with a bucket. ——Kazakh

10. Frugality is the greatest virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil. ——Pre-Qin "Zuo Zhuan Zhuang Gong Twenty-Fourth Year"

11. A person who pursues a high-level material life by any means must have low-level thoughts and morals. —— Qianfu

12. Frugality itself is a property. ——Britain

13. Whoever scrimps on food and clothing on weekdays will easily get through difficulties when he is poor; whoever is luxurious and extravagant when he is rich will die of hunger and cold when he is poor. ——Sadie

14. Extravagance will be killed by its own strength. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty "Zuo Zhuan Xianggong 29th Year"

15. Once comfortable enjoyment becomes a habit, people will almost not feel fun at all, and it will become a real need of people. ——Rousseau

16. 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"

17. The cost of imprisoning a country and removing its useless expenses is enough to double that. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty's "Mozi Jie Yu"

18. 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"

19. Quietness cultivates one's character, and frugality cultivates one's virtue. ——Zhuge Liang

20. Luxury is just getting happiness from the labor of others. ——Montesquieu, "The Spirit of the Laws"

21. The inevitable consequence of luxury - the disintegration of morals - in turn causes the corruption of taste. ——Rousseau

22. Frugality is an endless feast in your life. ——Emerson

23. The journey of a husband and a gentleman is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility and cultivate one’s virtue through thrift. 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

24. Don’t eat the fruits of your hard work in one sitting. ——Uyghur

25. How much you save is how much you get. ——Denmark

26. The inevitable consequence of luxury is the disintegration of customs, which in turn causes the corruption of taste. ——Britain

27. Things in the world are often succeeded by diligence and frugality but failed by extravagance. ——Lu You

28. A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, always thinking about the difficulty of material affairs. ——Zhu Bolulu's "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions"

29. Those who are extravagant and lazy are poor, while those who are powerful and thrifty are rich. ——Han Feizi "Han Feizi Xianxue"

30. Don’t think about living in peace and be prepared for danger, abstain from extravagance and be frugal; cut down the roots to seek luxuriant trees, block the source and wish to have a long flow. ——Wei Zheng

31. The moral integrity is used internally, but the virtue is cultivated externally. ——Pre-Qin "Zuo Zhuan Zhaogong Nineteenth Year"

32. Luxury is the destruction of morality and justice. ——Switzerland

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

34. Those who are extravagant are in disarray and those who are frugal are safe. One evil and one good are in front of you. ——Bai Juyi

35. Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ——Greece

36. Looking at the virtuous countries and families in the past, success was achieved by diligence and frugality, and destruction was achieved by luxury. ——Li Shangyin

37. Luxury will destroy people’s spiritual purity, because unfortunately, the more you get, the more greedy you become, and you always feel that you cannot satisfy yourself. ——Angel

38. With limited funds and unlimited expenses, you should live within your means.

——Yan Zhitui

39. Strengthen the foundation and use it sparingly, and then the sky will not be poor. ——Xun Kuang

40. Frugality is an endless feast in your life. ——Emerson

41. Luxury is the starting point of national weakness. ——Cuba

42. Frugality is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ——Greece

43. If you don’t know how to save small money, big money will be spent indiscriminately. ——UK