Famous Proverbs
67 Proverbs about Miser / Page 6
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Misery and poverty are two sisters; discord is their first cousin.52.
Hunger is misery; a full stomach is trouble.53.
The miser and the open-handed spend the same in long run.54.
The miserly man is like a fattened ox: he will give of his fat only when he has been deprived of his life.55.
The miser is always in want.56.
The feeling of commiseration is the feeling of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right and wrong is the beginning of wisdom. Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs.57.
Pride in prosperity turns to misery in adversity.58.
Life and misery began together.59.
It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to hoard it like a miser.60.
A miser and his persimmon seeds.