“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

On ne fait non plus de cas de pauvres que de couillons: on les laisse à la porte; jamais n'entrent.
Le Moyen de Parvenir (1617).
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