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Self-improvement · In English · 1875

Thrift

Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles on spending less than you earn, with real examples of people who got ahead through saving and careful habits.

31 chapters · about 9 h of reading

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Opening the book

Opening the book

How the book begins

"Be thrifty, but not covetous; therefore give Thy need, thine honour, and thy friend his due, Never was scraper brave man. Get to live, Then live, and use it; else it is not true That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone Make money not a contemptible stone." GEORGE HERBERT.

"To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justify'd by Honour: Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being Independent." ROBERT BURNS.

This book is intended as a sequel to "Self-Help," and "Character." It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for Thrift is the basis of Self-Help, and the foundation of much that is excellent in Character.

Contents

  1. 01Opening
  2. 02Opening
  3. 03Chapter I. Industry
  4. 04Chapter II. Habits of Thrift
  5. 05Chapter III. Improvidence
  6. 06Chapter IV. Means of Saving (1/2)
  7. 07Chapter IV. Means of Saving (2/2)
  8. 08Chapter V. Examples of Thrift (1/2)
  9. 09Chapter V. Examples of Thrift (2/2)
  10. 10Chapter VI. Methods of Economy (1/2)
  11. 11Chapter VI. Methods of Economy (2/2)
  12. 12Chapter VII. Economy in Life Assurance
  13. 13Chapter VIII. Savings Banks (1/3)
  14. 14Chapter VIII. Savings Banks (2/3)
  15. 15Chapter VIII. Savings Banks (3/3)
  16. 16Chapter IX. Little Things
  17. 17Chapter X. Masters and Men (1/2)
  18. 18Chapter X. Masters and Men (2/2)
  19. 19Chapter XI. The Crossleys—Masters and Men (Continued) (1/2)
  20. 20Chapter XI. The Crossleys—Masters and Men (Continued) (2/2)
  21. 21Chapter XII. Living Beyond the Means (1/2)
  22. 22Chapter XII. Living Beyond the Means (2/2)
  23. 23Chapter XIII. Great Debtors (1/2)
  24. 24Chapter XIII. Great Debtors (2/2)
  25. 25Chapter XIV. Riches and Charity (1/2)
  26. 26Chapter XIV. Riches and Charity (2/2)
  27. 27Chapter XV. Healthy Homes (1/3)
  28. 28Chapter XV. Healthy Homes (2/3)
  29. 29Chapter XV. Healthy Homes (3/3)
  30. 30Chapter XVI. The Art of Living (1/2)
  31. 31Chapter XVI. The Art of Living (2/2)

About this edition

Public domain: the author died in 1904, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1875. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.

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