Beggar Quotes

235 Beggar quotes by 166 unique authors

A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting… — L. Ron Hubbard
When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our quarter for his benefit, and… — Albert J. Nock
We are so addicted, either to materialism or to transcending material reality, that we don’t see God right in front of us, in the beggar,… — Andrew Harvey
Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard… — Thomas Paine
I was out there for 12 days. There are more beggars in Soho than there are in Kabul. — Unknown Author
Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter or qualify it. And I… — Jacqueline Susann
BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends. — Ambrose Bierce
Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim, When King Cophetua loved the beggar-maid! — William Shakespeare
To lapse in fulness Is sorer than to lie for need, and falsehood Is worse in kings than beggars. — William Shakespeare
Praise and Prayer PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in various… — William Davenant
The things I saw beggar description ... The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty, and bestiality were so overpowering as to leave… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks — William Shakespeare
Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity. — Walter Raleigh
You have two choices, [Plouffe] told Obama. You can stay in the Senate, enjoy your weekends at home, take regular vacations, and have a lovely… — John Heilemann
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one. — Benjamin Franklin
Is an artist much more than a beggar? — Clara Schumann
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness. — Peter Wessel Zapffe
The first miracle after the baptism of the Holy Ghost was wroughtly upon a beggar. It means that the first service of a Holy Ghost-baptized… — Phineas F. Bresee
And love is love, in beggars and in kings. — Edward Dyer
I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men. — Corrie Ten Boom
A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem. — T. B. Joshua
He went, ever on the move, with the slow, shuffling step of wandering beggars who are nowhere at home. — Stijn Streuvels
You know your real nature [to be divine]. You are the king and play you are a beggar. . . . It is all fun.… — Swami Vivekananda
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. — Philip Massinger

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