What we call spring here is one rose and two buds that just grew in the cloister garden. That is enough to move the men of my coun...try. But their heart resembles that miserly rose. A more powerful breath would wilt them, they have the spring that they deserve.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger. I despise the kind of existence that clings to the miserly trifles of... comfort and self-interest. I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves to... be fleeced, the good lords.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The most useful and honorable science and occupation for a woman is the science of housekeeping. I know some that are miserly, ver...y few that are good managers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners--your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards--who... dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »