Everybody is seeking for a comfortable life and peace of mind, but the stingy person will never have this comfort. Having this vice characteristic, one can be easily afflicted to the indifference disease. Of course, it should be noted that the source of niggardliness is a misunderstanding of good and evil. In fact, human beings, with their own misconceptions, always seek to eliminate or not benefit others, which is a kind of illness. The first thing that comes to our mind about stinginess is being stingy about material and financial issues while niggardliness is also about being stingy in sharing your knowledge, your prestige, your power and other facilities you might have.
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