Beg-begglng Quotes

Beggars breed and rich men feed.

Beggars can’t be choosers.

God help the rich, the poor can beg.

If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.

He who knows how to beg may leave his purse at home.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

What signifies, says someone, giving halfpence to beggars? They only lay it out in gin or tobacco. And why should they be denied such sweeteners of their existence? it is surely very savage to refuse them every possible avenue to pleasure, reckoned too coarse for our own acceptance. Life is a pill which none of […]

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Beggars should be abolished entirely! Verily, it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them.

The petition of an empty hand is dangerous.