“I am strongly drawn to a frugal life and am often oppressively aware that I am engrossing an undue amount of the labor of my fellow men.” MenAmountLaborFellowsFellow ManFrugalityFrugal Book:Ideas and Opinions Source: Ideas and Opinions
“Taking food alone tends to make one hard and coarse. Those accustomed to it must lead a Spartan life if they are not to go downhill. Hermits have observed, if for only this reason, a frugal diet. For it is only in company that eating is done justice; food must be divided and distributed if it is to be well received.” IfsWellsHardReasonDoneJusticeCompanyFoodEatingDietsDividedAccustomedCoarseHermitsFrugal Book:Selected Writings: 1913-1926 Source: Selected Writings: 1913-1926
“Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.” MenMindLittlesReasonOrderRichesSubstanceFrugal Author:Lucretius