Wastefulness is the symbol [and cause] of poverty

التَّبْذِيرُ عُنْوَانُ الْفَاقَةِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Wastefulness is a penniless companion

التَّبْذِيرُ قَرِينٌ مُفْلِسٌ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The judicious is one who eschews extravagance and loathes waste

الْحَازِمُ مَنْ تَجَنَّبَ التَّبْذِيرَ وَعَافَ السَّرَفَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

You must abandon wastefulness and extravagance, and adopt the qualities of justice and equity

عَلَيْكَ بِتَرْكِ التَّبْذِيرِ وَالْإِسْرَافِ وَالتَّخَلُّقِ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِنْصَافِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Wastefulness is enough of an extravagance

كَفَى بِالتَّبْذِيرِ سَرَفاً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Be open-handed but do not be wasteful

كُنْ سَمِحاً وَلَا تَكُنْ مُبَذِّراً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who takes pride in wastefulness will be humiliated by indigence

مَنِ افْتَخَرَ بِالتَّبْذِيرِ احْتَقَرَ بِالْإِفْلَاسِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Keeping away from wastefulness and good management [skills] are from [the fruits of] intelligence

مِنَ الْعَقْلِ مُجَانَبَةُ التَّبْذِيرِ وَحُسْنُ التَّدْبِيرِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

There is no ignorance like wastefulness

لَا جَهْلَ كَالتَّبْذِيرِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech