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"All religions have honored 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."

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"God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it."

Bernanos, Georges on Beggars
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"Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on Beggars
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"If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only."

Proverb, Arabian on Beggars
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"As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg."

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"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."

Yezierska, Anzia on Beggars
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Speech Marks "God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it."

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