Economy Quotes
These are some of the best 'Economy' quotations and sayings.
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A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone and die not worth a groat after all.
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A man's ordinary expenses ought to be but to the half of his receipts, and if he think to wax rich, but to the third part.
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A sound economy is a sound understanding brought into action. It is calculation realized; it is the doctrine of proportion reduced to practice; it is foreseeing contingencies and providing against them; it is expecting contingencies and being prepared for them.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace.
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Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
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Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.
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Economy before competence is meanness after it; therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Economy is half the battle of life; it is not so hard to earn money, as to spend it well.
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Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.
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Economy, whether public or private, means the wise management of labor, mainly in three senses; applying labor rationally, preserving its produce carefully, and distributing its produce seasonably.
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Ere you consult fancy, consult your purse.
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Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest.
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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
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He who will not economize will have to agonize.
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
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It is no small commendation to manage a little well. - To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. - I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more.
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Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority prosper only through the carefulness and detail of thrift. He is already poverty-stricken whose habits are not thritfy.
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Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.
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No man is rich whose expenditures exceed his means; and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
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Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.
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