Question

A penny earned honesty is better than a shilling given.

Answer 1

A penny earned honestly is better than a shilling given refers to how money earned through honest hard work is much better than being given a shilling by somebody.

Explanation:

• The sentence is a proverb which talks about how wealth should be earned in an honest manner, through hard work and efforts.

What is a shilling and a penny?

• Shilling is a term in old British currency that is composed of twelve pennies and one penny is the smallest denomination of currency in Britain. Twenty shillings made a pound.

• Money that is given rather than earned has no value as the person who has received such money will not know the amount of efforts it has taken to earn that money.
• A person who earns little but in an honest way is much better than someone who is given too much but doesn't understand the value of that money.