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In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. — Anatole France

The heart is so peculiar. How light and how heavy it can feel at the same time.
How light. — Gabrielle Zevin

The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges. — Anatole France

Did you ever know a poor man made better by law or a lawyer!' said Bunce bitterly. — Anthony Trollope

Patience, passion and perseverance equals success. — Pitbull

Without plenty, the wealthy lack compassion for the poor, hoarding without sharing. Without law, the strong bully the weak, stealing by force. — Jacqueline Carey

You can rob from the poor to give to the rich. It's legal. — Marty Rubin

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. — Oliver Goldsmith

I went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said "Why?" He said "My dog's died." — Tommy Cooper

law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law — Oliver Goldsmith

Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away. — Solon

If you truly want to help the poor, first become rich yourself. — Stephen Richards

Poor people can't understand this: It's not what you do that creates a fortune, but who you are. — Robin Sacredfire

The majestic equality of the law forbids rich and poor alike from pissing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread. — Anatole France

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning. — Robert Anton Wilson

Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out. — William Shakespeare

You don't always need friends. Sometimes it's enough to have a witness. — Thom Mark Shepard

The law," he continued, "is made by the rich people so that the poor people can't get ahead ... — Walter Mosley

Charity is a nice gesture, but it only offers temporary relief. But if he can change the law, the benefits for the poor will last longer. — Aya Ling

The law's a necessary evil
we canna be doing without it
but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience? — Diana Gabaldon

There is one law for rich and poor alike, which prevents them equally from stealing bread and sleeping under bridges. — Jo Walton

I've always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while. — Margaret Deland

The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away. — Robert Kennedy

The law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges. — Anatole France

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration. — Abraham Lincoln

It's only the poor who can't get away with murder. — Marty Rubin

The law, in its majestic impartiality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under the bridges of Paris. — Anatole France

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. — Oliver Goldsmith

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable. — Samantha Power

She'd say amazing things sometimes. "Once you're alive," she'd say, "you cant ever be dead. — Tim O'Brien

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law. — Andrew Jackson

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

Rational confidence [is] the just result of knowledge and experience. — Edward Gibbon

I will be the stronger of the knowledge. In warning there is strength. — Lew Wallace