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Read & copy the quotation
“Thrift is merely common sense in every-day working action.”
- Source
- Thrift
- Date
- 1875
Meaning of “Thrift is merely common sense in every-day working…”
The principle is made practical rather than glamorous: ordinary, repeated decisions about work and spending matter more than occasional dramatic gestures.
Where does it come from?
Thrift, Chapter II, “Habits of Thrift,” Project Gutenberg #14418. Smiles says thrift requires neither exceptional courage nor intellect but ordinary common sense, resistance to selfish enjoyment and patient self-denial.
