Beggar quotes
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
-- Ambrose Bierce -
Grace finds us beggars but leaves us debtors.
-- Augustus Toplady -
Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.
-- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison -
Writers are nothing but beggars with a good line.
-- Charles Bukowski -
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The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
-- Charles Lamb -
Is an artist much more than a beggar?
-- Clara Schumann -
Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.
-- Dietrich von Hildebrand -
The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
-- Don Herold -
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No nation respects a beggar.
-- Elijah Muhammad -
Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.
-- Friedrich Schiller -
Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.
-- Garth Nix -
The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
-- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing -
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A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar.
-- Homer -
The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.
-- Horace -
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.
-- Horace -
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
-- Jean de La Fontaine -
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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
-- Joanne Harris -
Beggars can't be choosers.
-- John Heywood -
I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.
-- Nicole Kidman -
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.
-- Octavio Paz -
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If wishes were stories, beggars would read...
-- Randall Jarrell -
Who's a prince or beggar in the grave?
-- Thomas Otway -
Africa must take the first steps into modernity on its own. There must be a change in mentality. We have to stop perceiving ourselves as beggars.
-- James Shikwati -
Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.
-- James Shikwati -
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The bashful beggar has an empty purse.
-- William Cranch Bond
