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Beggar Quotes by Fernando Pessoa
- 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.
- 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…
More Beggar Quotes
- Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him as our… — David Jeremiah
- Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again and again… — Swami Vivekananda
- There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything. — Karl Kraus
- Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do… — John G. Lake
- Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich,… — William Shakespeare
- Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley
- The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at… — Mary McCarthy
- A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the… — Thomas Adams
- Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so… — Andre Gide
- Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of… — Anzia Yezierska
- Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O… — Swami Vivekananda