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It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
Unless the adage must be verified,
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It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
Unless the adage must be verified,
That beggars mounted run their horse to death.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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Beggars must be no choosers.

Beggars must be no choosers.

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I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
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I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
You teach me how a beggar should be answered.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
And the reason I'll tell you for why;
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I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
And the reason I'll tell you for why;
A king cannot swagger, not drink like a beggar,
Nor be half so happy as I.
. . . .
Let the back and side go bare.

by Old Song Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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Not that I have the power to clutch my hand
When his fair angels would salute by palm,
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Not that I have the power to clutch my hand
When his fair angels would salute by palm,
But for my hand, as unattempted yet,
Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.
Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail
And say there is no sin but to be rich;
And being rich, my virtue then shall be
To say there is no vice but beggary.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and
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Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and
sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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A pampered menial drove me from the door.

A pampered menial drove me from the door.

by Thomas Moss Found in: Beggary Quotes,
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He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]

He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
[Lat., Qui timide rogat,
Docet negare.]

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