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Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. – Samuel Johnson

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. – Samuel Johnson

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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new. – Samuel Johnson

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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. – Lord Rosebery

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Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. – S.W. Straus

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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. – Calvin Coolidge

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