We do not pay any more attention to the poor than we do to the balls; they are allowed to remain at the door and never come inside. (François Béroalde de Verville)

We do not pay any more attention to the poor than we do to the balls; they are allowed to remain at the door and never come inside.

François Béroalde de Verville

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