Famous quotes containing the words beggar and/or maid:
“In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“And oh! if my young babe were born,
And set upon the nurse’s knee,
And I my self were dead and gone
For a maid again I’ll never be.”
—Unknown. Waly, Waly (l. 37–40)