Beggar Quote by Rudyard Kipling Download Open image “He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.” — Rudyard Kipling ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Beggar Purple Quotations
“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 Copy Share Image
“with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind! He had a heart that could have held the… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
“He had always prided himself on his ability to bargain, to bluff, to contain his ever-aching heart within the folds of his robes where… — V.S. Carnes Copy Share Image
“Let the beggar speak for himself. He's in earnest. Haven't we been bred on the principle of self-sacrifice, till we've come to think a… — Bernard Capes Copy Share Image
“And He meets us in our hardship, carries us through, and reveals the beauty of His kingdom.” — Courtney Westlake Copy Share Image
“He had a hear that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a… — Gaston Laroux Copy Share Image
“They are surely gods who speak to him With steady voices A glance from him drives men to their knees His sigh brings cities… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“Don't change the beggar into a conqueror, because it was the beggar who led you to conquest.” — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Miles had sworn his officer's oath to the Emperor less than two weeks ago, puffed with pride at his achievement. In his secret mind… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“He had used only a drop of his perfume for his performance in Grasse. There was enough left to enslave the whole world. If… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste;… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods-his horse… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“One of these days, Strickland is going to write a little book on his experiences. That book will be worth buying; and even more,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Good work does not matter, because a man is judged by his worst output and another man takes all the credit of his best… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes, said Chuchundra, more sorrowfully than ever.” — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than… — Peire Cardenal Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
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… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
You obviously don't know what an Old Man of the Sea great wealth is. It is not a fat purse and time to spend… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl. — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
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… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A beggar through the world am I, From place to place I wander by. Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me, For Christ's sweet… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image