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• Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

  Edward Young

  Men, Dust, Long

  Edward Young, John Doran, James Nichols (1854). “The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author”, p.49

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• Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.

  Patti Smith

  Two, Pockets, World

  "A Minute With: Patti Smith on her photography show". Interview with Julie Mollins, www.reuters.com. January 16, 2013.

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• Rather than ennobling the public mind and cementing the social fabric, applied science speedily became the chief weapon of a gross individualism, which was anathema to the frugal and righteous (John Quincy) Adams, the source of enormous fortunes divorced from duty, the instrument of unscrupulous ambition and rapacious materialism. Presently, it came to scar the very of the country which Adams loved, a disfiguring process uninterrupted since his day.

  Russell Kirk

  Country, Ambition, Mind

  Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.237, Regnery Publishing

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• My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.

  Clarence Thomas

  Grandmother, People, Grandfather

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• The great blessing of private property, then, is that people can benefit from their own industry and insulate themselves from the negative effects of others' actions. It is like a set of invisible mirrors that surround individuals, households or firms, reflecting back on them the consequences of their acts. The industrious will reap the benefits of their industry; the frugal the consequences of their frugality; the improvident and the profligate likewise. They receive their due, which is to say they experience justice as a matter of routine.

  Tom Bethell

  Blessing, Mirrors, Reflecting Back

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• For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Morning, Age, May

  Benjamin Franklin, Mason Locke Weems (1817). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin”, p.95

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• I have always had a reputation for being frugal - less kind people might call me cheap. But my interest in building up a nest egg goes back to those days in Arnhem when I learned that money can grow, just like trees.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Building Up, Eggs, People

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• Be frugal of your time. It is one of the best jewels we have.

  Matthew Hale

  Time, Jewels, Time Management

  Matthew Hale, Gilbert Burnet (1700). “Contemplations, Moral and Divine: In Two Parts”, p.289

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• Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Add, Use, Pay

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• So if you want a culture where people work hard, & pay attention to detail, focus on the customer, are frugal: you have to do it yourself.

  Sam Altman

  Hard Work, People, Focus

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• Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.

  Jack Kornfield

  Simple, Simplicity, Students

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• The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Money, Organization

  Benjamin Franklin (1819). “Franklin's Way to Wealth; or “Poor Richard improved,&c.” A new edition ... enlarged by Bob Short and adorned with copper-plates”, p.13

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• Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires a self-reliant people. A free country requires people who value liberty more than money.

  Charley Reese

  Country, Government, Self

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• Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, Libertarian Party, Democracies Have

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• Jeff Smith was the Julia Child of my generation. When his television show, 'The Frugal Gourmet,' made its debut on PBS in the 1980s, it conveyed such genuine enthusiasm for cooking that I was moved for the first time to slap down cold cash for a collection of recipes.

  Alton Brown

  Children, Pbs, Cooking

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• Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Happiness, Virtue, Virtuous

  Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1794). “Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life, written by himself : together with essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator : in two volumes”

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• The amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn.. people earning a million dollars a year can have no money and.. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It's not what you earn, it's what you spend.

  Paul Clitheroe

  Success, Money, Years

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• The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal
  neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee is nothing else on earth
  but himself.

  Frances Trollope

  Perseverance, Scotch, Yankees

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• Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Health, Sober, Studious

  Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1815*). “The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin”, p.210

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• There is no English equivalent for the French word flâneur. Cassell's dictionary defines flâneur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of these terms seems quite accurate. There is no English equivalent for the term, just as there is no Anglo-Saxon counterpart of that essentially Gallic individual, the deliberately aimless pedestrian, unencumbered by any obligation or sense of urgency, who, being French and therefore frugal, wastes nothing, including his time which he spends with the leisurely discrimination of a gourmet, savoring the multiple flavors of his city.

  Cornelia Otis Skinner

  Cities, Gourmet, Flavor

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• It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. Knowledge, through patient and frugal centuries, enlarges discovery and makes record of it; Ignorance, wanting its day's dinner, lights a fire with the record, and gives a flavour to its one roast with the burnt souls of many generations.

  George Eliot

  Ignorance, Discovery, Fire

  George Eliot (2016). “Daniel Deronda”, p.257, George Eliot

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• A bargain ain't a bargain unless it's something you need.

  Sidney Carroll

  Shopping, Needs, Saving

  "Fictional character: Jesse Buford". "A Big Hand for the Little Lady", www.imdb.com. 1966.

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• It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Preparation, Today

  Aesop (1947). “The Fables of AEsop”, Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms

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• I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' When you're young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That's why I can never understand someone telling me 'no' today. 'No' just isn't an option.

  Sandra Lee

  Thoughtful, Thinking, Today

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• A rain-tight roof, frugal living, a box of colors, and God's sunlight through clear windows keep the soul attuned and the body vigorous for one's daily work.

  Albert Pinkham Ryder

  Rain, Color, Soul

  Albert Pinkham Ryder, Whitney Museum of American Art, Lloyd Goodrich (1947). “Albert P. Ryder: centenary exhibition ; Oct. 18 to Nov. 30, 1947”

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