The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep… — Anatole France
The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
In the original French
La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain.
1894
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France, Anatole. Le Lys Rouge [The Red Lily]. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1894, ch. 7.
