Beggar Quotes

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

The poor man and the beggar are two quite different classes: one commands respect, the other arouses anger.

Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.