Be ruled by your purse.
Meaning: Financial constraints should dictate your decisions and discipline your ambitions more than mere desire.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- Wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces. — Poverty and financial hardship leave visible marks of stress and worry upon a person's ap…
- Anything for a quiet life. — Compromising principles for peace often costs more than the temporary harmony it buys.
- Small rain lays great dust. — Gentle persistence dissolves entrenched problems that seem immovable through force alone.
- Self do, self have. — Personal effort yields personal reward; what you accomplish yourself remains genuinely yo…
- Short reckonings are soon cleared. — Quick settlements of debts prevent disputes and preserve relationships before resentment…
- White silver draws black lines. — Silver's brilliance requires contrast; purity and darkness define each other's value.
From our compliments & insults
- Eres un sol — You're a lovely, warm-hearted person.
- Eres más bueno que el pan — You are a genuinely good, kind soul.
- Sei in gamba — You're sharp, capable, and on the ball.