If begging should unfortunatel...

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

~Arabian Proverbs ~

God ordains that beggars shoul...

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it.

~Georges Bernanos~

Give a beggar a dime and he'll...

Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.

~Anzia Yezierska~

Beggars should be entirely abo...

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

~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche~

As for begging, it is safer to...

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

~Oscar Wilde~

All religions have honored the...

All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.

~Walter Benjamin~