Beggar famous quotes

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

#Friendship #Beggar

Grace finds us beggars but leaves us debtors.
-- Augustus Toplady

#Grace #Debtors #Beggar

Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.
-- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

#Unhappiness #Accountants #Beggar

Writers are nothing but beggars with a good line.
-- Charles Bukowski

#Lines #Beggar

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
-- Charles Lamb

#Fear #Color #Beggar

Is an artist much more than a beggar?
-- Clara Schumann

#Artist #Beggar

Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.
-- Dietrich von Hildebrand

#Compromise #Beggar #Conscience

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
-- Don Herold

#Study #Appearance #Beggar

No nation respects a beggar.
-- Elijah Muhammad

#Beggar

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

#Virtue #Command #Beggar

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

#Begging #Beggar

The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
-- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#Kings #Real #Beggar

A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar.
-- Homer

#Men #Shame #Beggar

The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.
-- Horace

#Earth #Graves #Beggar

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.
-- Horace

#Poverty #Turns #Beggar

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
-- Jean de La Fontaine

#Buried #Emperor #Beggar

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
-- Joanne Harris

#Horse #Wish #Beggar

Beggars can't be choosers.
-- John Heywood

#Poverty #Beggar

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.
-- Nicole Kidman

#Want #Beggar

Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.
-- Octavio Paz

#Beggar #Western

If wishes were stories, beggars would read...
-- Randall Jarrell

#Wish #Stories #Beggar

Who's a prince or beggar in the grave?
-- Thomas Otway

#Graves #Beggar

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

#Firsts #Steps #Beggar

Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.
-- James Shikwati

#Independent #Taught #Beggar

The bashful beggar has an empty purse.
-- William Cranch Bond

#Purses #Empty #Beggar