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1776·Edinburgh, Scotland

Every prodigal appears to be a public enemy, and every frugal man a public benefactor. By what a frugal man annually saves, he not only affords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands for that or the ensuing year, but, like the founder of a public workhouse, he establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come.

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

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

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