Beggars

Famous quotes containing the word beggars:

“If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“When beggars die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

““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)