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1 " It is foolish to be lavish in words and niggardly in truth. "
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon , Lectures to My Students
2 " Even if, by some especially unfortunate fate or by the niggardly provision of stepmotherly nature, [the good will] should be wholly lacking in the power to accomplish its purpose; if with the greatest effort it should yet achieve nothing, and only the good will should remain (not, to be sure, as a mere wish but as the summoning of all the means in our power), yet would it, like a jewel, still shine by its own light as something which has its full value in itself. "
― Immanuel Kant
3 " ...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is. "
― Eleanor Roosevelt , You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
4 " Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly he said " That man does hot possess his estate but his estate possesses him." "
5 " America is the one rich country with the biggest slums, the least democratic and least developed health system, and the most niggardly attitude against its old people. "
