Beggar

Famous quotes containing the word beggar:

““Nor should she be too rich, because the rich
Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch,”
Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
“And cannot have a humorous happy speech.””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“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.”
—Peire Cardenal (c. 1180–1272)

“The beggar gazes at her round navel
and she at the moon, his face,
while crows are pecking
at her ladle
and his begging-bowl.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)