“In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.”
MEMORABLE QUOTES, 28 Jun 2021
Anatole France – TRANSCEND Media Service
Anatole France, full name François-Anatole Thibault (16 Apr 1844 – 12 Oct 1924), was a French poet, journalist and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He wrote the quoted phrase in his 1894 novel, The Red Lily.
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