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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?
Carl Jung·1934Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
Seneca·65 ADIt is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more.
Pliny the Elder·77 ADThe depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
