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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 10442 |
| QUOTATION: | If some beggar steals a bridle he’ll be hung by a man who’s stolen a horse. There’s no surer justice in the world than that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Peire Cardenal (c. 1180–1272), French troubadour poet. “Las amairitz, qui encolpar las vol,” Songs of the Troubadours, ed. and trans. by Anthony Bonner (1972). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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