Beggar Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

“But soon a better nature seems to come over him, and gentler words fall from his lips. He preaches patience to himself – he…

— James Malcolm Rymer

He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue…

— Laozi

“For himself, he grew desperate; his sorrow was of the king that will not lament, he neither wept nor prayed - he cursed and…

— Emily Brontë

He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“There he is then, the unfortunate brute, quite miserable because of me, for whom there is nothing to be done, and he so anxious…

— Samuel Beckett

He who has been impoverished for a long timewho has long stood before the door of the mighty in darkness and begged for alms,has…

— Stefan Zweig

“His every movement was laced with a lethal combination of grace and strength, a lord among mere mortals. He was confident, arrogant, composed and…

— Paula Quinn

“He who advances without seeking fame, Who retreats without escaping blame, He whose one aim is to protect his people and serve his lord,…

— Sun Tzu

“Nothing but vast wisdom and onlimited power should dare sweep men off in multitudes,' he added; 'for it is only the one that can…

— James Fenimore Cooper

The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death,…

— Pope John Paul II

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and…

— Horace

He who lives in despair / takes and gives in vain.

— Hadewijch