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The actual quotation from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac is:
A penny saved is a penny dear. It is often misquoted as: A penny saved is a penny earned. You can find the Spanish equivalent here, in our Idioms section (which also contains proverbs and sayings). |
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