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> [What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied such sweeteners of their existence (says Johnson)? it is surely very savage to refuse them every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/what-signifies-says-some-one-giving-halfpence-to-beggars-they-only/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

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> [What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied such sweeteners of their existence (says Johnson)? it is surely very savage to refuse them every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/what-signifies-says-some-one-giving-halfpence-to-beggars-they-only-2/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

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## Other authors on Beggars

## More by Hester Lynch Piozzi

> [We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/we-look-on-those-approaching-the-banks-of-a-river-all-must-cross-with/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/the-pleasures-of-intimacy-in-friendship-depend-far-more-on-external/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Friendship is far more delicate than love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/friendship-is-far-more-delicate-than-love/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [I think character never changes; the Acorn becomes an Oak, which is very little like an Acorn to be sure, but it never becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/i-think-character-never-changes-the-acorn-becomes-an-oak-which-is/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [ \[Samuel\] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/samuel-johnson-s-conversation-was-by-much-too-strong-for-a-person/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/women-bear-crosses-better-than-men-do-but-bear-surprizes-worse/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [“Living at Venice is like a Journey to the Moon somehow…And a sweet Planet it is!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/living-at-venice-is-like-a-journey-to-the-moon-somehow-and-a-sweet/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/a-physician-can-sometimes-parry-the-scythe-of-death-but-has-no-power/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/tis-never-for-their-wisdom-that-one-loves-the-wisest-or-for-their-wit/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Every one in this world has as much as they can do in caring for themselves, and few have leisure really to think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/every-one-in-this-world-has-as-much-as-they-can-do-in-caring-for/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces very cruelly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/i-am-perpetually-bringing-or-losing-babies-both-very-dreadful/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/what-signifies-says-some-one-giving-halfpence-to-beggars-they-only/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Friendship is far more delicate than love. Quarrels and fretful complaints are attractive in the last, offensive in the first. And the very things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/friendship-is-far-more-delicate-than-love-quarrels-and-fretful/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [... one should know the value of Life better than to pout any part of it away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/one-should-know-the-value-of-life-better-than-to-pout-any-part-of-it/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [It is never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/it-is-never-for-their-wisdom-that-one-loves-the-wisest/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

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