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Letter "B" » beg
«There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye»
Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
(Historian)
| About:
Soul
| Keywords:
alms, beg, fond, handshake, handshakes
«The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother - and they'll settle for a puppy every time.»
«Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.»
«Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. [2 Corinthians 5:20]»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
ambassadors, beg, behalf, Corinthian, Corinthians, entreat, entreating, entreats, reconciled
«The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread»
Author: Anatole France
(Writer)
| About:
Equality,
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
beg, begged, Beg to, bread, Bridges, equality, equality before the law, forbids, majestic, steal, The Majestic, the poor, The Streets
«PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
ambitious, beg, Beg to, combustible, dictionary, Dr., Dr. Johnson, Dr, Dr Johnson, enlightened, famous, illuminate, inferior, Johnson, last name, last resort, resort, respect to, rubbish, scoundrel, submit, The Last Resort, torch, With all due respect
«To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
| Keywords:
beg, begs, bespeak, bespeaks, bespoke, lamentable, Our Daily Bread
«The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
beg, kingdom, nearest, poor man, The King of Hearts
«Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Praise
| Keywords:
beg, secretly, shames
«Some partake of the bounty of the Lord's favor, which never runs out, while others receive only a handful. Some sit upon thrones as kings, and enjoy constant pleasures, while others must beg for charity.»
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