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
If some beggar steals a bridle he’ll be hung by a man who’s stolen a horse. There’s no surer justice in the world than that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one. Peire Cardenal
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married. Elizabeth I
Whether I give to a beggar or not, his existence puts me in the wrong. Mason Cooley
All religions have honoured 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
There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything. Karl Kraus
Beggars should be abolished: for it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them. Friedrich Nietzsche
Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passer-by. Mason Cooley
When beggars die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
William Shakespeare ( Julius Caesar, 2:ii)
Beggars should be no choosers. John Heywood
If alms were only given out of pity, all the beggars would have starved to death. Friedrich Nietzsche