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Salt-Cellars

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Mind your till, and till your mind.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A pun urging two kinds of diligence at once: watch your money or business affairs carefully, and cultivate your mind like a field. The speaker links practical prudence with mental development, suggesting that attention to livelihood should be matched by the steady work of learning and self-improvement.

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