— English God help the rich, for the poor can beg.
— Scottish He will soon be a beggar that cannot say no.
— Scottish He who knows how to beg may leave his money at home.
— Danish He is a proud beggar that makes his own alms.
— Scottish ❖ He that thinks to thrive by hope may
happen to beg in misery.
— English He who can handle a writing brush
will never have to beg.
— Chinese He who know little knows all about begging.
— African (Hausa) Hunger means cultivating not begging.
— African (Bemba) Idleness is the key of beggary.
— English ❖ If wishes were thrushes beggars would eat birds.
— English If wishes were butter cakes, beggars might bite.
— English If you associate with officials you will be a beggar,
if with merchants you will be rich.
— Chinese If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
— English It is a grief to one beggar
that another stands at the door.
— Dutch ❖ It is better to be a beggar than a fool.
— English Merchant today, beggar tomorrow.
— German Misery may be the mother when
one beggar begs of another.
— English No man will seek riches in a beggar's cottage.
— American Nobody kills an ignorant person who begs for wisdom.
— Cameroonian ❖ One should not beg with a basket.
— Cameroonian One beggar is enough at a door.
— English One beggar is woe that another by the door should go.
— English One beggar likes not that another has two wallets.
— Danish Put a beggar into your barn and
he will make himself your heir.
— Spanish ❖❖❖