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WT Sharpe · 11-27-2014, 01:19 PM

.....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.
.....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.
..........— Anatole France (born Jacques Anatole François Thibault, 1844–1924), French poet, journalist, and novelist. Le Lys Rouge (The Red Lily, 1894).

11-27-2014, 01:19 PM	#2437
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....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. .....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. ..........— Anatole France (born Jacques Anatole François Thibault, 1844–1924), French poet, journalist, and novelist. Le Lys Rouge (The Red Lily, 1894).