Beggar Quotes

235 Beggar quotes by 166 unique authors

Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight. — Robert Greene
The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar. — Morris L. Ernst
Meeting the True Guru, hunger departs, hunger does not depart by wearing the robes of a beggar. — Guru Gobind Singh
Over the last 10 years, India's perception has gone from being a beggar country to an economic superpower. — Vivek Wadhwa
Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I went into the army worth a million and a half dollars, and came out a beggar. — Nathan Bedford Forrest
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride. — John Ray
Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot! A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot. Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again! The beggars have… — George Bernard Shaw
Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and lucky to receive… — Martha Gellhorn
It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these… — Lady Gregory
If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined. — Mason Cooley
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. — Elizabeth I
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. — Jean de La Fontaine
The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance. — Don Herold
I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals, and I'm comically in the… — Mindy Kaling
I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers. — Nicole Kidman
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. — Rudyard Kipling
The beggar wears all colors fearing none. — Charles Lamb
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see… — Stephen King
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he… — Charles Dickens
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest… — C.S. Lewis
When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. — William Shakespeare

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