Quotes with beggar

  • All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.

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  • Antonin Artaud All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
    Antonin Artaud
    French producer and actor (1896 - 1948)
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  • Anzia Yezierska Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.
    Anzia Yezierska
    Jewish-American novelist (1880 - 1970)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Ben Hecht I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
    Ben Hecht
    American writer, playwright (1894 - 1964)
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  • Queen Elizabeth I I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
    Queen Elizabeth I
    Queen of England and Ireland (1533 - 1603)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Just a little relaxation, just a little looking inwards, and the doors of immense potentialities open up. You are no more a beggar. Without conquering the world you have conquered the whole universe. Just conquer yourself.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Jose Marti Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggar's smile from the scorn of free men.
    Jose Marti
    Cuban politician, journalist and poet (1853 - 1895)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Meditation, perhaps, is the only alchemy that can transform a beggar into an emperor.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Jean Baudrillard Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for animals always do each other the honor of sharing or disputing each other's food.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Charles Lamb The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Charles Lamb The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Augustus William Hare The king is the least independent man in his dominions; the beggar the most so.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Walter Benjamin All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Beggar: One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.
    The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Philip Massinger Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
    Philip Massinger
    English dramatist (1583 - 1640)
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