Famous quotes containing the words beggar and/or maid:
“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.)
“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)