Beggar Quotes

235 Beggar quotes by 166 unique authors

Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about… — Brennan Manning
Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so… — William Shakespeare
It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for him, and when… — W. Somerset Maugham
A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies… — R. Scott Bakker
Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys) — George R. R. Martin
...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion. — Donald Miller
We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence. — Fernando Pessoa
Then they gave me a loaf of bread and told me to walk through the forest and give some to anyone who asked. I did… — Patricia C. Wrede
You're always begging things to love you," he said, "as if you were a beggar for love. Even the flowers, you have to fawn on… — D. H. Lawrence
HAMLET [...] we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but… — William Shakespeare
In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in… — Virginia Woolf
I have made calculations that would beggar your soul. What is it that villains always say at the end of stories? You and I are… — Catherynne M. Valente
I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward: a man cannot steal but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear but it… — William Shakespeare
Money has become the grand test of virtue. By this test beggars fail, and for this they are despised. If one could earn even ten… — George Orwell
Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run… — Hugh Nibley
If you know your being, there is no question of becoming. All that you could have ever imagined to become you already are. You are… — Rajneesh
I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of… — Fernando Pessoa
The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road and the falling… — Knut Hamsun
I kept interrupting the movie by asking a lot of questions that Xavier managed to answer with endless patience. "How old do you think Bell… — Alexandra Adornetto
To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings. — Sidney Sheldon
Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for… — Jean Baudrillard
What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of children,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
When you don't have any money, any things, any house - if you are unattached, what is the difficulty in it? But when you have… — Rajneesh
We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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