Ann Radcliffe Quotes

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Ann Radcliffe

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• How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

  

  Ann Radcliffe
  • Respect
  • Poverty
  • Treated