School: Clochar na Trócaire, Roscomáin
- Location:
- Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Fionnbharra
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- Gather to you to meet scarcity.
It's better to save early than late.
Saving is better than spending.
Wisps make a bundle.
A little often fills the purse.
One penny gets another.
Be provident, my friend.
Without thrift, no man can achieve any great measure of success and so, too, with nations.
Whoever would win note, must be industrious and frugal.
There cannot be prosperity where thrift is not; yet everyone, poor as well as rich, can save something from time to time.
The benefits of thrift are boundless: among its gifts are independence and peace of mind.
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