From a08137aba2c9b6b9f73d3db21f8de58f46412eac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:37:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] budgeting: quote

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 <li><a href="https://www.petekeen.net/a-robust-reporting-system-for-ledger">Pete Keen: A Robust Reporting System for Ledger</a> 2012<!-- /1/1 --></li>
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 <h3 id="budgeting">budgeting</h3>
+<p><em>The purpose of a budget is to help thy purse to fatten. It is to assist thee to have thy necessities, and insofar as attainable, thy other desires. It is to enable thee to realise thy most cherished desires, by defending them from thy casual wishes. Like a bright light in a dark cave, thy budget shows up the leaks from thy purse, and enables thee to stop them and control thy expenditures for definite and gratifying purposes. -- The Richest Man in Babylon</em></p>
 <p><strong>Periodic budgeting: setting per-period goals</strong></p>
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 <li><a href="http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Budgeting">Ledger: Budgeting</a></li>
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 ### budgeting
 
+*The purpose of a budget is to help thy purse to fatten.
+It is to assist thee to have thy necessities, and insofar as attainable, thy other desires.
+It is to enable thee to realise thy most cherished desires, by defending them from thy casual wishes.
+Like a bright light in a dark cave, thy budget shows up the leaks from thy purse,
+and enables thee to stop them and control thy expenditures for definite and gratifying purposes.
+-- The Richest Man in Babylon*
+
 **Periodic budgeting: setting per-period goals**
 
 - [Ledger: Budgeting](http://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Budgeting)