A penny saved is a penny earned
Money not spent is money that is in one's pocket.
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penny saved is a penny earned, a
penny saved is a penny earned, aWhat one does not spend, one will have. This maxim for thrift is so familiar that it often appears in shortened form, as in Although they can afford to buy a house right now, they're putting it off, on the principle of “a penny saved.” It appeared in slightly different form in George Herbert's Outlandish Proverbs (1640). Whether or not it originally suggested that savings earn interest is not known.
A penny saved is a penny earned
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penny saved is a penny earned, a
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Cables are expensive, and in these hard times a penny saved is a penny earned.
From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
They say a penny saved is a penny earned.
From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William
If a penny saved is a penny earned, then a penny earned by work is worth twopence.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
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