Parsimony

(noun.) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

编辑:利拉

• The high rate of profit seems everywhere to destroy that parsimony which, in other circumstances, is natural to the character of the merchant. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The parsimony which leads to accumulation has become almost as rare in republican as in monarchical governments. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigality and misconduct. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The want of parsimony, in time of peace, imposes the necessity of contracting debt in time of war. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Independent of this necessity, he is, in such a situation, naturally disposed to the parsimony requisite for accumulation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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