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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 287
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
A respectably dressed working man, when making a payment one day at the Bradford savings bank, which brought his account up to nearly eighty pounds, informed the manager how it was that he had been induced to become a depositor. He had been a drinker; but one day accidentally finding his wife's savings bank deposit book, from which he learnt that she had laid by about twenty pounds, he said to himself, "Well now, if this can be done while I am spending, what might we do if both were saving?" The man gave up his drinking, and became one of the most respectable persons of his class. "I owe it all," he said, "to my wife and the savings bank."
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定位:Excerpt 287 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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一个衣着体面的工人去布拉德福德储蓄银行存钱,账户快到八十英镑了。他告诉经理,自己以前酗酒,有天偶然发现妻子的存折,上面有二十英镑。他心想:我花钱时她都能存下这么多,要是两人一起存,那还得了?于是他戒了酒,成了同阶层中最受尊敬的人。他说,这一切都归功于妻子和储蓄银行。这说明,身边人的榜样和家庭共同理财能产生巨大动力,改变一个人的习惯和命运。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《节俭》中记载的布拉德福德储蓄银行真实故事。
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你的家庭里有没有互相激励储蓄的做法?如果没有,可以怎么开始?
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