Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat. … - Horace

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Horace

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat. , Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres. ]

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