Posts Tagged ‘miser’
Karl Marx: Rational Miser
on Monday, March 28, 2022Karl Marx Money Quote saying that being miserly is simply captialism of rationality. Karl Marx said:
“While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser” — Karl Marx
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William Shenstone: Miser Is Poor
on Friday, February 25, 2022William Shenstone Money Quote saying a miserly person becomes wealthy by seeming to be poor and vice versa. William Shenstone said:
“A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich” — William Shenstone
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Jean de la Bruyere: Robs Himself
on Wednesday, February 16, 2022Jean de la Bruyere Money Quote saying that being extremely thrifty takes money from family, but a miserly person steals from themselves. Jean de la Bruyere said:
“The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself” — Jean de la Bruyere
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John Dryden: Sell Your Soul
on Tuesday, February 15, 2022John Dryden Money Quote saying misers would do anything, go anywhere for money and will leave it all to heirs. John Dryden said:
“Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son” — John Dryden
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William Blake: Miser Money Bags
on Tuesday, February 11, 2020William Blake Money Quote saying a miser sees money as the most beautiful of all objects and can be compared to the most beautiful things. William Blake said:
“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 beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes” — William Blake
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William Blake: Distress of a Thief
on Saturday, May 19, 2018William Blake Money Quote saying any thief could be said to be in financial distress, but that need for money can’t be said to cause his theivery. William Blake said:
“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 hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser’s passion, not the thief’s” — William Blake
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Karl Kraus: Inheriting Wisdom
on Saturday, July 9, 2011Karl Kraus Money Quotation saying suggesting that it is far more valuable to gain experience and earn wisdom than to save cash and store earnings. Karl Kraus said:
“Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust” — Karl Kraus
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