Begging Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Begging.
Top Quotes
“A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar.”
“A pampered menial drove me from the door.”
“Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.”
“Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks.”
“Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.”
“Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.”
“Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterré.”
“Be they wynners or loosers,…beggers should be no choosers.”
“BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.”
“Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight.”
“Do not oppress the orphans and do not reject the beggars.”
“Der wahre Bettler ist
Doch einzig und allein der wahre König.”
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“Unless the old adage must be verified,
That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.”
“To get thine ends, lay bashfulnesse aside;
Who feares to aske, doth teach to be deny'd.”
“The destitute is the Messenger of God. Whoever denies him denies God and whoever gives him gives God.”
“It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else.”
“BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.”
“He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused."”