“… a penny saved is better than a penny earned.”
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)
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Martin Luther214
seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483–1546Related quotes
“A penny saved is a penny got.”
Benjamin Franklin book Poor Richard's Almanack
Preface, Poor Richard's Almanack (1758)
Poor Richard's Almanack
Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation
What Luther Says, Section on “Life, Human,” No. 2438. Rules for a Thrifty Life. 2, p. 784 http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=NQA5AAAAIAAJ&dq=luther+%22penny+saved+is+better+than+a+penny+earned%22&q=+%22penny+%22#search_anchorvol|.
Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) English churchman and historian
The History of the Worthies of England (1662) ; Worthies of Huntingtonshire – John Yong.
“A penny saved is two pence clear.”
Benjamin Franklin book Poor Richard's Almanack
"Hints For Those That Would Be Rich", Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
Poor Richard's Almanack
“4369. That penny's well spent, that saves a Groat.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.”
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Speech at Lord Mayor's Banquet (12 November 1979) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104167 <br class="br">First term as Prime Minister
“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.
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, Article IV, p. 951.
