Misers Quotes

82 Misers quotes by 66 unique authors

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not. — Publilius Syrus
Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like… — Alonzo King
A runner is a miser, spending the pennies of his energy with great stinginess, constantly wanting to know how much he has spent and how… — John L. Parker Jr.
We Slovenians are even better misers than you Scottish. You know how Scotland began? One of us Slovenians was spending too much money, so we… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and… — Theodore Parker
To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too… — James Payn
Listen to me instead of your financial manager: It’s okay to spend money, to save it, to give it away, to worry over it. It’s… — Cassandra King
Giving with glad and generous hearts has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that… — Richard J. Foster
The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself. — Jean de la Bruyere
Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying. — Gertrude Stein
To be a Prodigal's favourite,-then, worse truth, A Miser's pensioner,-behold our lot! — William Wordsworth
You must not fear, hold back, count or be a miser with your thoughts and feelings. It is also true that creation comes from an… — Anais Nin
Every man serves a useful purpose: a miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor. — Laurence J. Peter
God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy. — Max Lucado
As we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the value of time. Nothing else, indeed, seems of any consequence; and we become… — William Hazlitt
Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world. — Thomas Traherne
October turned my maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers: Soon these will slip from the twigs' weak… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money… — Charles Caleb Colton
The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide. — Josh Billings
Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others. — Wilfred Bion
What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life? — Publilius Syrus
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his… — Charles Caleb Colton
The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty. — Andre Gide
Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by a saint who… — Mary McCarthy

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