1) Once accustomed to luxury, one is hard to live a frugal life
奢易俭难
2) It is easy to go from economy to extravagance But not from extravagance to economy
由俭入奢易;由奢入俭难
6) sumptuousness and thrift
奢俭
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His economic thoughts mainly contained the theory on sumptuousness and thrift, the theory on currency of metal idealism and the theory on weapon of trading.
他的经济思想可归结为奢俭论、金属主义货币论及通商制器论三个面,这些思想不可能在当时得到实行,但其中的真知灼见却具有思想启迪的作用。
补充资料：奢易
1.《论语．八佾》:"礼﹐与其奢也﹐宁俭;丧﹐与其易也﹐宁戚。"后因以"奢易"指丧礼奢侈铺张而缺乏真实感情。
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