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NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 19TH PRECEPT by THOMAS RANDOLPH

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First Line: SPARE NOT NOR SPEND TOO MUCH; BE THIS THY CARE
Last Line: BUT HE SPENDS BEST THAT SPARES TO SPEND AGAIN.
Subject(s): SAVING AND THRIFT;
Spare not nor spend too much; be this thy care,
Spare but to spend, and only spend to spare.
Who spends too much may want, and so complain;
But he spends best that spares to spend again.



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