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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 this is a story dealing only with humans, it allows the point to be made directly through the medium of speech rather than be surmised from the situation.
It was followed by John Gay's "The Miser and Plutus", published in his collection of fables in 1737. [42] A miser frightened for the security of his hoard denounces gold as the corruptor of virtue and is visited by the angry god of wealth, who asserts that not gold but the attitude towards it is what damages the personality.
The Miser and his Gold; P. Plankton and Karen; Mr. Potter; S. Ebenezer Scrooge; Shylock This page was last edited on 14 November 2024, at 10:06 (UTC). Text is ...
After Santa is sabotaged, the Miser Brothers step in to take over Christmas. Original voice actors Mickey Rooney and George S. Irving reprise their roles over 30 years later in this special that ...
Death and the Miser belongs to the tradition of memento mori, a term that describes works of art that remind the viewer of the inevitability of death.The painting shows the influence of popular 15th-century handbooks (including text and woodcuts) on the "Art of Dying Well" (Ars moriendi), intended to help Christians choose Christ over earthly and sinful pleasures.
Although originally thought to have been a preparatory drawing for the painting Death and the Miser, it is now believed that the drawing was executed by a follower of Bosch. Examination of the underdrawing of the painting Death and the Miser reveals that Bosch shortened Death's arrow in the final version. The length of the arrow in the drawing ...
The beloved special premiered on Dec. 10, 1974 on ABC
The first and only woman at the table when John Pierpont Morgan and his fellow investors gathered to stave off further bank runs had already warned everyone. ... How the richest woman in the world ...