Proportion your expenses to what you have, not to what you expect.

Meaning: Spending based on current resources prevents financial ruin when anticipated income or gains fail to materialize.

Origin: From 'A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases' (1870). Public domain.

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