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

Worst Advice Pretense Avarice Niggard

Book:An Essay on Criticism

Source: An Essay on Criticism

“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.”

Ifs Quality Return Honor Judgment Deserve Praise Modesty Giver Commendation Niggard

Book:The Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Francis Quarles

Source: The Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Francis Quarles

“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.”

Mean Circumstances Lays Spares Madmen Frugality Niggard

Author:Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

“Niggards are oftentimes neat.”

Neat Neatness Niggard

Book:Mardi: and A Voyage Thither: Works of Melville

Source: Mardi: and A Voyage Thither: Works of Melville

“'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.'”

Giving Looks Littles Said Use Hands Wish Behinds Five Ten Let Me Accounts Give Me Nine Pounds Cash Trusted Spares Sovereign Jane Request Purses Niggard

Author:Charlotte Bronte

“He who cares only for himself in youth will be a very niggard in manhood, and a wretched miser in old age.”

Care Age Youth Old Age Manhood Who Cares Wretched Misers Niggard

Author:Josiah Johnson Hawes

“For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us.”

Seems Suffering Grief Sun Taken Sorrow Moon Seasons Niggard

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

“For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us. Outside, the day may be blue and gold, but the light that creeps down through the thickly-muffled glass of the small iron-barred window beneath which one sits is grey and niggard. It is always twilight in one's cell, as it is always twilight in one's heart. And in the sphere of thought, no less than in the sphere of time, motion is no more.”

Heart May Light Seems Sun Taken Sadness Sorrow Sad Moon Window Gold Seasons Blue Glasses Cells Iron Spheres Twilight Grey Creeps Niggard Blue And Gold

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis,