Begging Quotes
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I have been young and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Bible (Old Testament)— Psalms 37:25.
A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation need not be a mob of slaves, clinging to one another through fear, and for the most part incapable of self-government, and begging to be led; but it might consist of vigorous self-reliant men, knit to one another by innumerable ties, into a strong, tense, and elastic organisation.
francis galton— Inquiries Into Human Faculty and Its Development (1883), p. 80
I, who ne'erWent for myself a begging, go a borrowing,And that for others. Borrowing's much the sameAs begging; just as lending upon usuryIs much the same as thieving.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing— Nathan the Wise (1779), Act II, scene II
When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers, begging them to taste a little brandy and throwing half his goods on the counter,—thinks I, that man has an axe to grind.
— "Who ’ll turn Grindstones" from Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe, Doylestown, Pa., (1815); first published in the Wilkesbarre Gleaner (1811).
Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
eric clapton— Layla (by Derek and the Dominos - 1970)
If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.
felix frankfurter— Dissenting, Priebe and Sons v. United States, 332 U.S. 407, 420 (1947).
Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!
Arthur Miller— Biff (Death of a Salesman (1949))
So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.
— Sermon 11:13 on the New Testament [2]
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
Miguel de Cervantes— Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-1615), Part III, Section VII
— Idiomatic. Literal translation: "Who would beg for benison if they might obtain venison of their own labour".
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
— Psalms. XXXVII. 25. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers, begging them to taste a little brandy and throwing half his goods on the counter, thinks I, that man has an axe to grind.
— Charles Miner, Who'll turn Grindstones? Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe. In The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (1811).
I, who ne'er Went for myself a begging, go a borrowing, And that for others. Borrowing's much the same As begging; just as lending upon usury Is much the same as thieving.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise (1779), Act II, scene II.
So give to the poor; I’m begging you, I’m warning you, I’m commanding you, I’m ordering you.
— Sermon 11:13 on the New Testament[19]
Everything will go to ruin without me, and father and my old mother will be begging their bread, I shouldn't wonder. But my legs won't bear me, brother, and it's hot here. Let's go to sleep.
— Who: Gusev
— Source: "Gusev" by Anton Chekhov, translation by Constance Garnett
