Thrift quote 1, luxury always follows fornication, and fornication always follows luxury. -Montesquieu
2, the inevitable consequence of luxury-the disintegration of weathering-in turn caused the corruption of interests. -Rousseau
3. Luxury leads to more desires. If a gentleman longs for more, he will read Mu Fugui, and he will waste his way and get into trouble soon. -Sima Guang
4. Luxury and arrogance; If you are frugal, you want nothing. If you are innocent, you can nourish your spirit. -Luo Dajing
Looking back at the countries and families of the sages in the past has become the result of thrift and extravagance. -Li Shangyin
Sentences describing frugality 1. Saving is a vision and an attitude; Saving is a kind of wisdom and a responsibility to future generations. In fact, it's just a little effort to make saving a living habit and avoid wasting a lot of resources in life. Life tells us that saving is not saving money, but a virtue. We primary school students should start from small things and form the good habit of saving, not from small things.
2. Sima Guang once said: "From frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality." This is a wake-up call for the ancients, and we should be diligent and thrifty. How hard those farmers work in the scorching sun! They worked hard in Daiyue, but what they got was our waste. All people should keep the style of "hard work and plain living".
3. If we can turn on the light for one hour less in each class every day, we can save about 1 kWh every day. Over time, the electricity saved can make many poor children go to school; If we save water every day and tighten the dripping tap, we can save a ton of missed tap water in just half a day, which will be enough to make water available in the water-deficient places; If we are all "every grain is hard", how many people can eat. Saving comes from the call of life! Let's start with "saving every drop of water, every kilowatt hour, every piece of paper and every grain of rice" and form a good habit of saving.
4. The ancients said: "There are many creatures with soil fertility, and the achievements of human resources are limited. If you take it in moderation, you will always be enough. Excessive use is often insufficient. " Everything (resources) that grows in nature is limited, and the resources of things that people process are also limited. However, taking out limited time and saving time can often meet human needs. If on the contrary, time is infinite and time is wasted, then the public resources on the ball will soon disappear.
The poem "Who knows that every Chinese food is hard" often echoes in my ears. "A porridge and a meal are hard to come by; The old adage "A ray of thread, clinging to material difficulties" still lingers in my mind. However, with the progress of society and the improvement of living standards, many people have forgotten the fine tradition of thrift, and we are no exception.
Regarding frugality and simplicity, people are close to God, while luxury leads to punishment. -Jewish motto
When people hear the word "Jew", they often think of greedy and cunning Jewish businessmen. There are also many people who believe that Jews are rich. This image may have evolved from the villain Sherlock and the European chaebol Rothschild family in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. No wonder Jews have succeeded in business, and many people have succeeded in business. For a good example, former US Treasury Secretary M? President Carter's economic adviser, Blue Mencel, was elected by the people.
His family fled the Nazis in 1947 and came to the United States from Europe. When I first arrived, I was broke. But he worked very hard and studied economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University. After graduation, he became the deputy general manager of a company, when he was only thirty-one years old. 10 years later, he became the general manager of the American enterprise Bendiks. During this period, he also served as economic adviser to the Secretary of State. His rapid success was the same as that of Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State in Nixon's time.
However, this does not mean that Jews are all rich. In new york, hundreds of thousands of Jews live in poverty and need help, but the welfare authorities in new york are also very worried about it because of the policy of giving priority to blacks.
Whether in Chicago, new york or Los Angeles, Jews can always get bargains when they go shopping. It's not easy. It's impossible for the Japanese to buy those ridiculously expensive high-end goods at a discount price.
As for thrift, let's look at the cheap goods displayed in Jewish shops. Ordinary Jews consume cheap goods, such as soap without spices, cosmetics and tableware without brands. When you look at the shops run by Jews, you don't feel that the business is booming, but you feel lonely and sad.
The above content is what I found for you about frugality, and I hope it will help you.