#miser

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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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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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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Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. ↗

— Josh Billings

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I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood. ↗

— Larry David

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About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it. ↗

— Josh Billings

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May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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