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  1. The Miser

    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) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris.

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  1. The Miser

    The Miser is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of the miser in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of the miser in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of the miser in a Sentence

  1. William Shenstone:

    A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

  2. Josh Billings:

    The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

  3. Brendan Francis:

    If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.

  4. George Santayana:

    The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

  5. Pindar:

    I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ?gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure.

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