![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.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/pale-death-with-impartial-step-knocks-at-the-hut-of-the-poor-and-the-towers-of.jpg)
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