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1759·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.
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
Ralph Waldo Emerson·1857For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Buddhaghosa·430 ADHolding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Miyamoto Musashi·1645Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself or others.
