Thrifty Quotes
23 quotes by 22 authors
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
— Aesop
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
— George Herbert
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a…
— Oscar Wilde
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The coward regards himself as cautious, the miser as thrifty.
— Publilius Syrus
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Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen, And here 's…
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
— Publilius Syrus
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TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of…
— Ambrose Bierce
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For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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You've been telling us about how to secure peace, but come on, now, General-just among us Rotarians and Rotary Anns-'fess up! With your great experience,…
— Sinclair Lewis
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Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new…
— Barbara Mertz
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Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were…
— Aristotle
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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.
— Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
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Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she…
— William Shakespeare
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The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch
— Benjamin Franklin
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Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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In spring, nature is like a thrifty housewife ... taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones.
— Mary Baker Eddy
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The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with steady restriction among all the thrifty, energetic and…
— Winston Churchill
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Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty…
— Ezra Miller
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Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't…
— Annie Dillard
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Many perfumes promise to lure men to women. None of them smell of motherhood. None of them proclaim the wearer to be tidy, thrifty, and…
— Janette Rallison
Who Wrote These Thrifty Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 23 Thrifty Quotes as follows: