„A penny saved is a penny got.“
Preface, Poor Richard's Almanack (1758)
Poor Richard's Almanack
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„… a penny saved is better than a penny earned.“
— Martin Luther, libro 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=
Table Talk (1569)
„This I did to prevent expences, for … a penny sav'd, is a penny got.“
— Edward Ravenscroft English dramatist 1654 - 1707
The Canterbury Guests: or, a bargain broken (1695), Act II, scene iv.
— Thomas Fuller English churchman and historian 1608 - 1661
The History of the Worthies of England (1662) ; Worthies of Huntingtonshire – John Yong.
„A penny saved is two pence clear.“
— Benjamin Franklin, libro Poor Richard's Almanack
"Hints For Those That Would Be Rich", Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
Poor Richard's Almanack
— Martin Luther seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483 - 1546
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|.
„4369. That penny's well spent, that saves a Groat.“
— Thomas Fuller (writer) British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654 - 1734
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
— Adam Smith Scottish moral philosopher and political economist 1723 - 1790
Origine: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, Article IV, p. 951.
„502. A penny spar'd is twice got.“
— George Herbert Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593 - 1633
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
„342. A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.“
— Thomas Fuller (writer) British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654 - 1734
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : A Penny sav'd is Twopence clear.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
„They spent all week saving pennies and went out Saturdays to spend fifty bucks in three hours.“
— Jack Kerouac, libro Sulla strada
Origine: On the Road
— Greg Mortenson American mountaineer and humanitarian 1957
Origine: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
— John Heywood English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs 1497 - 1580
Part II, chapter 4.
Proverbs (1546)
Variante: A penny for your thought.
— Jonathan Swift Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet 1667 - 1745
Introduction.
Polite Conversation (1738)
— T.S. Eliot, libro The Hollow Men
A quotation of a traditional Guy Fawkes Night saying
The Hollow Men (1925)
— Robert Burton, libro L'anatomia della malinconia
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
„3866. Penny-wise, and Pound-foolish.“
— Thomas Fuller (writer) British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654 - 1734
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
„To die in Paris costs a pretty penny.“
— François Andrieux French man of letters and playwright 1759 - 1833
Il en coûte bien cher pour mourir à Paris.
Les Etourdis, Act I., Sc. II. — (Daiglemoni).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 56.
