Beggar Quotes

235 Beggar quotes by 166 unique authors

Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our imagination,… — Eduardo Galeano
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Intoxicated With the madness I'm in love with My sadness Bullshit beggars, enchanted kingdom Fashion victims through their charcoaled teeth — Billy Corgan
What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to… — William Shakespeare
Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and… — Paulo Coelho
On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me; and that I stand… — Carl Jung
It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is our escort;without it,we… — Chinua Achebe
He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head,… — Charles Dickens
A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood. — William Shakespeare
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing. — Garth Nix
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. — Joanne Harris
She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making love with men of all skin colors--white, black, yellow--with… — Paulo Coelho
... for most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves and whores.… — Patrick Rothfuss
And how did little Tim behave?” asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his daughter to his… — Charles Dickens
If wishes were horses, even beggars would ride. (Dark-Hunter) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
What good was owning the world when he’d have no choice except to defend himself against every person in it? Personally, he’d rather be a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I defy you to try it, Princess. Go ahead. I don’t even know how to sweep a floor. All I know how to do is… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. — Elizabeth I
They are but beggars that can count their worth. — William Shakespeare
When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;… — Thomas Paine
I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from… — Malcolm X
Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are… — Eckhart Tolle
As long as there is still one beggar around, there will still be myth. — Walter Benjamin

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