Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/04/04fupdate.phtml
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
“3866. Penny-wise, and Pound-foolish.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian
"Apple should take over government" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=UiZVrzz_zfE&NR=1 May 14, 2010. <br class="br">Real Time with Bill Maher
“This I did to prevent expences, for … a penny sav'd, is a penny got.”
Edward Ravenscroft (1654–1707) English dramatist
The Canterbury Guests: or, a bargain broken (1695), Act II, scene iv.
“A penny saved is a penny got.”
Benjamin Franklin book Poor Richard's Almanack
Preface, Poor Richard's Almanack (1758)
Poor Richard's Almanack
“… a penny saved is better than a penny earned.”
Martin Luther book Table Talk
The Duty of a Husband and Wife (17 March 1539), No. 4408. LW 54:337 http://books.google.com/books?id=zsbXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22penny+saved+is+better+than+a+penny+earned%22&dq=%22penny+saved+is+better+than+a+penny+earned%22&lr= <br class="br">Table Talk (1569)
Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
As quoted in Barbarians at the Gate : The Fall of RJR Nabisco (1989), by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar