quotes about Beggar
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BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
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Grace finds us beggars but leaves us debtors.
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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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Is an artist much more than a beggar?
-- Clara SchumannSource : Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Eva Weissweiler, Hildegard Fritsch, Ronald L. Crawford (1994). “The complete correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann”, Peter Lang Pub Inc
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Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.
-- Dietrich von HildebrandSource : Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby (2014). “My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich”, p.12, Image
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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 MuhammadSource : Elijah Muhammad (1973). “Message to the Blackman in America”, p.229, Secretarius MEMPS Publications
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Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.
-- Friedrich Schiller -
Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.232, Hot Key Books
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The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
-- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing -
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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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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 OtwaySource : Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton (1813). “The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: In Three Volumes”, p.266
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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 ShikwatiSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.
-- James ShikwatiSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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The bashful beggar has an empty purse.
-- William Cranch Bond