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Frugality Quotes

"I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

"I have three precious things, which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."

"Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt."

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination"

"That no free government or the blessing of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice moderation temperance frugality and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles"

"A sentiment worse than extravagance is avarice the extreme of economy"

"The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket."

"Necessity never made a good bargain"

"Three things too much, and three things too little, are pernicious to man: to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little"

"I make myself rich by making my wants few "

"Beware of little expenses a small leak will sink a great ship"

"That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest"

"He who will not economize will have to agonize."

"People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles can’t fathom"

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