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We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement.
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement.
Approximate author period: c. 1748 AD · early modern
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- Benjamin Franklin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1748 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Ben. Franklin. · page_522
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