it means that if you don't need to buy it then it will benifit you better to not buy it and save your money
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This saying means that you can gain the same by saving a certain amount as you would
gain by earning that amount. For example if you are paying $500 a month for rent and
you move to a place that rents for $450, then it is just as if you got a raise of $50.
( Due to income tax, a penny saved is actually something like 1.25 cents earned,
since there is no tax on saving. )
The origin of this phrase is from "Poor Richard's Proverbs." It was written by Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Richard Saunders.
when you save something for a good reason or cause you might earn something for it
nope, that was Benjamin Franklin
A Penny..the other day I found a penny from the 20s. Its still a penny not much as changed.
...If you can read the date on the penny, it is not an unstamped penny.
A penny.
Lincoln is on this penny.