In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small matters for their own sake; the other attends to them only in consequence of the scheme of life which he has laid down to himself.


Chap. VI. - The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) - Part III


In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small...

In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small...

In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small...

In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small...