Beggar Quotes

A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem.

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public.

I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.

...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.

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 changed places, but the lash goes on.

The strong demand, contend, prevail; the beggar is a fool.

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 sake and charity.

Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.

Perhaps some have created their own difficulties but don't the rest of us do exactly the same things? Are we not all beggars?

He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; Not us'rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.

A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.

Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.

If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse.

A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

Meditation, perhaps, is the only alchemy that can transform a beggar into an emperor.

I won't slave for beggar's pay, likewise gold and jewels, but I would slave to learn the way, to sink your ship of fools.

He who begs timidly courts a refusal.

Who's a prince or beggar in the grave?

For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the King to dwell with him in his cottage.

Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut.

Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of authority-a dog's obeyed in office.

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.

Writers are nothing but beggars with a good line.

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl.

Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.

Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.

If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined.

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

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 that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one.

Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.

Modesty is of no use to a beggar.

My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

If wishes were stories, beggars would read.

I am a freeman and jolly as a beggar.

To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings.

Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity.

Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.

I cannot help it; reason has nothing to do with it; I love her against reason-but who would as soon love me for my own sake, as she would love the beggar at the corner.

Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.

You're always begging things to love you," he said, "as if you were a beggar for love. Even the flowers, you have to fawn on them--

In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee. When a Lover is an Owner Different is he.

He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.

Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)

A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar.