Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor…

Samuel Johnson
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Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.20
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Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.20

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