Beggar

Famous quotes containing the word beggar:

“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 (c. 1180–1272)

““Nor should she be too rich, because the rich
Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch,”
Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
“And cannot have a humorous happy speech.””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“A beggar said, “They get the most
Whom man or devil cannot tire,
And what could make their muscles taut
Unless desire had made them so?””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)