"Live within your income; spend less than you get; pay as you go."
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Attributed to Scott Nearing by Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1993), p. 104
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Scott Nearing
Scott Nearing (August 6, 1883 — August 24, 1983) was an American economist and writer.
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