The Miser and his Gold (or Treasure) is one of Aesop's Fables that deals directly with human weaknesses, in this case the wrong use of possessions. Since...

A miser /ˈmaɪzər/ is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to...

Boar and the Vultures The Man and the Lion The Man with two Mistresses The Mischievous Dog The Miser and his Gold Momus criticizes the creations of the gods...

The Miser (French: L'Avare; pronounced [lavaʁ]; also known by the longer name L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge, meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies)...

Death and the Miser (also known as Death of the Usurer) is a Northern Renaissance painting produced between 1490 and 1516 by the Dutch artist Hieronymus...

The Scorpion and the Frog is an animal fable which teaches that vicious people cannot resist hurting others even when it is not in their own interests...

Diogenes Laërtius in his The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, in which the sage was asked what those who tell lies gain by it and he answered "that...

Mistresses The Mischievous Dog The Miser and his Gold Momus criticizes the creations of the gods The Moon and her Mother The Mountain in Labour The Mouse and the...

into the miser's house, kills him by throwing him out the window, and steals his gold. The gardener spots the miser's corpse, but when he climbs up the ladder...

Rustic and his wife 652. Cuckoo and birds 653. Farmer sold his horse 654. Eagle, hawk and crane 655. Wolf fasting for Lent 656. Swallow and sparrows...

aves. 47. Mures - The Mice in Council 48. Avarus - The Miser and his Gold 49. vulpes et lupus. 50. Canna et oliva - The Oak and the Reed 51. asini et...

Hugh Dinsmore Miser (December 18, 1884 - August 1, 1969) was an American geologist who had a long and distinguished career with the United States Geological...

The Miser (Italian: L'avaro) is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Tonino Cervi. It is a loose adaptation of Molière's comedy The Miser. The rich and...

society (the old woman grows young)": Her fingers number every Nerve Just as a Miser counts his gold She lives upon his shrieks & cries And She grows...

her widowhood as an odd miser all in black, sometimes referred to sensationally as the "Witch of Wall Street", and later the Guinness Book of World Records...

drinking, swearing and forthright speech, and her hidden riches, leading her to be nicknamed the Carlisle Miser. She was kind to her horses and dogs. In spite...

Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1838-1847). The 1848 French novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias, later saw many translations and adaptations...

his comparison of miner with miser again electrified the audience; the uproar prevented him from continuing for several minutes. One farmer in the gallery...

Fagerbakke), and Professor Tinkerton (voiced by Kath Soucie) in this special. Recurring characters include Snow Miser (voiced by Juan Chioran), Heat Miser (voiced...

Fagerbakke), and Professor Tinkerton (voiced by Kath Soucie) in this special. Recurring characters include Snow Miser (voiced by Juan Chioran), Heat Miser (voiced...

study" of misers, which brings to relief the fiction of Frank Norris in particular. The work focuses simultaneously on literature and the arts, as well...

Fagerbakke), and Professor Tinkerton (voiced by Kath Soucie) in this special. Recurring characters include Snow Miser (voiced by Juan Chioran), Heat Miser (voiced...

Eugenie's father Felix as a miser, and his portrayal is influenced by the character Harpagon from Molière's play, The Miser. He wrote, “Molière had created...

his play Karrig Nidding (The Stingy Miser). The very successful Dutch play, Warenar, based on Aulularia, was written by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft and...

already appeared on the London stage, including A Christmas Carol, or, the Miser's Warning! by C. Z. Barnett, which had opened at the Surrey Theatre in...

is common to the capitalist and the miser; but while the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser. The never-ending augmentation...

premiered on SonyLiv on 27 August 2021. The story is about a miser whose rich in-laws are stuck at his home during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in India....

because the son has never remembered to honor the Lar; nor has the grandson, Euclio, a frightful miser. Euclio's daughter is ready to marry, pregnant...

dissenting sect) by his treacherous friend William Dane, moves away to Raveloe (where the community is Church of England), becomes taken for a miser, as he accumulates...

women's breasts. Frugal Sharkey – a miser who goes to extreme lengths to cut costs. His name and appearance are based on the singer Feargal Sharkey. Fru T....