My last Beggars’ Night was in nineteen forty-seven.

“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to…

— Mark Twain

One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that address the causes of…

— Mohsin Hamid

English law in 1572 decreed that beggars above 14 years of age are to be severely flogged and branded on the left ear unless…

— Karl Marx

He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

“Capability can handle challenges, it doesn't accept charity.”

— Amit Kalantri

“We need to work with the young. Where will we find them, I ask? They drift, travel, abandon everything, and dress as beggars or…

— Paulo Coelho

But what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea…

— Carl Jung

“If wishes were fishes, even beggars would eat”

— Lili St. Crow

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

— Octavio Paz

Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece,…

— Michel Onfray

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it,…

— Eckhart Tolle

“People will rather pass by the weak, the lame, the beggars, the orphans, the tormented, the widows and take their large offerings to church,…

— Sunday Adelaja

Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot! A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot. Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again! The beggars…

— George Bernard Shaw

Beggars fear no rebellion

— Proverb

Grace finds us beggars but leaves us debtors.

— Augustus Toplady