Miser Quotes

75 quotes by 60 authors

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment… — Honore de Balzac
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater… — William Blake
To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more… — William Blake
A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. — William Shenstone
If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself. — Charles Caleb Colton
Miserliness has its own conveniences, otherwise nobody would be a miser. If you are not a miser, you become more insecure. If you cling to… — Rajneesh
The miser is the man who starves himself and everybody else, in order to worship wealth in its dead form, as distinct from its living… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay. — Charles Caleb Colton
The Blessed Sacrament is the magnet of souls. There is a mutual attraction between Jesus and the souls of men. Mary drew Him down from… — Frederick William Faber
The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make. — Robert E. Sherwood
He who cares only for himself in youth will be a very niggard in manhood, and a wretched miser in old age. — Josiah Johnson Hawes
I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings,… — Robertson Davies
Never was a miser a brave soul. — George Herbert
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. — Gautama Buddha
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches… — Gautama Buddha
Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Publius Attius Varus

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