Elijah Muhammad
Religious Leader
"No nation respects a beggar."
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Beggar
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Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"We are all beggars, each in his own way."
Dietrich von Hildebrand
Philosopher
"Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience."
Octavio Paz
Poet, Essayist
"Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society."
Jean de La Fontaine
Poet, Fabulist
"Better a living beggar than a buried emperor."
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"Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut."
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"He who begs timidly courts a refusal."
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"We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity."
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"Writers are nothing but beggars with a good line."
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"They are but beggars that can count their worth."
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"Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect."
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"Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all."
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"Not hope, but Faith. I don't believe in hope. Hope is a beggar."
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"A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar."
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