Leonard Cohen
Singer-Songwriter
"A man never got a woman back... not by begging on his knees."
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Begging
33 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Will Smith
Actor, Producer, Rapper
"Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg"
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"With begging and scrambling we find very little, but with being true to ourselves we find a great deal more."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging."
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"The world is begging for you to lead."
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"I began absolutely non-stop tormenting my parents, begging them on a daily basis to move there."
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"We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right."
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