Niggard Quotes

• Be niggards of advice on no pretense; For the worst avarice is that of sense.

  Alexander Pope

  Advice, Worst, Pretense

  Alexander Pope (2015). “An Essay on Criticism”, p.17, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Niggards are oftentimes neat.

  Herman Melville

  Neat, Neatness

  Herman Melville (2015). “Mardi: and A Voyage Thither: Works of Melville”, p.219, 谷月社

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• 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

  Age, Who Cares, Youth

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• 'I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I’ve a use for it.' 'And so have I, sir,' I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me. 'I could not spare the money on any account.' 'Little niggard!' said he, 'refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane.' 'Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence.' 'Just let me look at the cash.' 'No, sir; you are not to be trusted.'

  Charlotte Bronte

  Hands, Giving, Wish

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• He that spareth in everything is an inexcusable niggard. He that spareth in nothing is an inexcusable madman. The mean is to spare in what is least necessary, and to lay out more liberally in what is most required in our several circumstances.

  Charles Montagu, I Conde de Halifax

  Mean, Circumstances, Madmen

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• Para nosotros sólo hay una estación, la estación del dolor. El sol y la luna parecen habernos sido arrebatados.

  Oscar Wilde

  Grief, Taken, Moon

  Oscar Wilde Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). "Las obras completas de Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"", p.82, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Para nosotros sólo hay una estación, la estación del dolor. El sol y la luna parecen habernos sido arrebatados. Fuera, el día puede ser azul y dorado, pero la luz que se cuela a través del grueso cristal de la pequeña ventana con barrotes de hierro bajo la que uno se sienta es gris y mortecina. Siempre es de noche en la celda, como siempre es de noche en el corazón. Y en la esfera del pensamiento, no menos que en la esfera del tiempo, el movimiento ya no existe.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sad, Taken, Twilight

  Oscar Wilde Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). "Las obras completas de Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"", p.82, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Be not too great a niggard in the commendations of him that professes thy own quality: if he deserve thy praise, thou hast discovered thy judgment; if not, thy modesty: honor either returns or reflects to the giver.

  Francis Quarles

  Honor, Quality, Return

  Francis Quarles (1880). “The Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Francis Quarles”

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