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A piece of advice.
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penny
wise
and pound foolish
Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful and profligate with large amounts.
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don't be penny
wise
and pound foolish
Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.
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early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and
wise
platitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.
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discretion is the better part of valour
It is often
wise
to refrain from seemingly brave speech or action.1597
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