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“In this avaricious world, even a beggar needs money in his bowl, to be heard.”
“There is no excuse to give for being a beggar. We all have imaginations to work out our dreams. Work yours out.”
“There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.”
“We, the beggar class, have little to lose and our expectations are, at best, modest, and when we suffer, it seems we suffer to the depths, for there is nothing in our lives nor in our souls to buoy...”
“It takes money to make money, even begging. Humans are herd animals. If a strangers bleeding to death beside the road, most people wont stop to offer a Band-Aid. But get the ball rolling with a cou...”
“Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.”
“You'd be surprised how difficult it is to ask alms of a stranger when you've never done it before, what a psychological barrier separates the honest man from the panhandler. ("Dusk To Dawn")”
“Pride ill becomes a beggar, ser.”
“No one in this world can starve n die.. One who does, had died much before then... Never give money to beggars and specially children on street... By giving them money, Either u would be killing th...”
“Indolent and unworthy the beggar may bebut that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.”
“Begging would have been the best option if God had given talents to only a selected few. Fortunately, He gave us all our compactible gifts respectively, so it is an offence to be a chronic beggar.”
“Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.”
