When weeding at noon, sweat dripped down the soil. Who knows that every meal is hard? -"Farmers" (Tang)
Quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality. -Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant. -[Tang] Li Shangyin
It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal. -[Northern Song Dynasty] Sima Guang
Thrift and simplicity are human virtues. -[Ming] Xue Xuan
It is easy to be frugal, but difficult to be frugal. -Sima Guang's "Training with Diligence and Health"
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Take it in moderation, use it in moderation, and it will always be enough. -"History as a Mirror" Volume 234
People's livelihood is diligent, but diligence is not lacking. -"Twelve Years of Zuo Zhuan Gong Xuan"
Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant. -Li Shangyin's "Ode to Histories"
Work diligently for the country and frugally for the family. -"Shang Mo Yu"
Quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality. -Zhuge Liang's Ten Commandments
Thrift leads to prosperity, and fornication leads to death. -"Mozi Ci"
Thrift, virtue * * * also; Waste is a great evil. -"Twenty-four years of Zuo Zhuan and Zhuang Gong"
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil. Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard? -Li Shen's "Compassion for Farmers"
The extravagant and lazy are poor, and the thrifty are rich. -Han Fei
Don't worry about poverty, don't seek wealth. -Tao Yuanming
Don't think about being prepared for danger in times of peace, and refrain from extravagance and thrift; Swargen seeks wood for luxury, and the source of the plug wants to flow long. Wei Zhi