Answers questions on Thoreau's Walden, two years of simple living by Walden Pond, quoting the 1854 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The f…”
Answers questions on P. T. Barnum's The Art of Money Getting: golden rules on choosing a vocation, avoiding debt, persevering and advertising, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the rule.
“Men and women accustomed to gratify every whim and caprice, will find it hard, at first, to cut down their various unnecessary expenses, and will feel it a grea…”
Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Thrift: saving, savings banks, debt, economy at home and independence, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…ecent; but it was all home-made: it was simple, like their diet. Occasionally one of the mountain sheep was killed for purposes of food; and towards the end of …”
Answers questions on Edward Morse's Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings: construction, tatami, interiors, gardens and household details, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…eir wants are few, and their tastes are simple and refined. They live without the slightest ostentation; no false display leads them into criminal debt. The mon…”
Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Self-Help: perseverance, energy, character and the lives of self-made people, quoting the 1859 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…To secure independence, the practice of simple economy is all that is necessary. Economy requires neither superior courage nor eminent virtue; it is satisfied w…”
Answers questions on Arnold Bennett's How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: using the hours outside work to read, think and live fully, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
Answers questions on Elsie de Wolfe's The House in Good Taste: light, colour, suitability and furnishing each room of the house, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“… comfort, order, and beauty to be worth living in. Just as when a large family is to be considered I believe in one big meeting-room and a number of smaller roo…”
Answers questions on Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class: conspicuous consumption, conspicuous leisure and pecuniary emulation, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“This vicarious consumption practiced by the household of the middle and lower classes can not be counted as a direct expression of the leisure-class scheme of l…”
Answers questions on Wharton and Codman's The Decoration of Houses: rooms, doors, windows, fireplaces and proportion in interior design, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…the 26 wall-decorations or carpet. In a living-room of this kind it is best to tint the walls and put a cheerful drugget on the floor, keeping as much money as …”
Answers questions on the Bun runtime, package manager, test runner and bundler, citing the exact file in the public docs of the GitHub repo oven-sh/bun (MIT). Not an official Bun product.