A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.

 

A Penny sav'd is Two-pence got.
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Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1737) : A Penny sav'd is Twopence clear

 

Thomas Fuller (writer)

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Noah said "Nay; I'll make thee an offer,
The same as I did t'other day.
A penny a foot and a free ride.
Now, come on, lad, what does tha say?"

"Three ha'pence a foot," came the answer.
So Noah 'is sail 'ad to hoist,
And sailed off again in a dudgeon,
While Sam stood determined, but moist.

 

Marriott Edgar

 

By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them.

 

Thomas (preacher) Fuller

 

A penny saved is of more value than a penny paid out (Der Sparpfennig ist reicher denn der Zinspfenning).

 

Martin Luther

 

If a workman can conveniently spare those three halfpence, he buys a pot of porter. If he cannot, he contents himself with a pint, and, as a penny saved is a penny got, he thus gains a farthing by his temperance.

 

Adam Smith

 

I've already given you the answer on this subject, I have told you that I pay whatever tax I am required to pay under the law, not a penny more, not a penny less, and the suggestion that I am trying to evade tax, which is what you're putting forward, I find highly offensive and I don't intend to cooperate with you in the blackening of my character.

 

Kerry Packer