 Friends, says he, and Neighbours, the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Seite 199herausgegeben von - 1780Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 Seiten
...idleness, and grievous toils from needless ease. B. FRANKLIN. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly. B. FRANKLIN. Children generally hate to l>e idle; all the care then is, that their busy humour should... | |
 | William B. Dillingham - 1986 - 464 Seiten
...those that they impose upon themselves. "We are taxed," he tells them, "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." 47 The point that... | |
 | James L. Huston - 1999 - 340 Seiten
...Dissected (Philadelphia, 1860), 58. before still applied: "We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly."51 Southerners readily acceded to the necessity of cultivating the middle-class virtues of thrift,... | |
 | Trevor A. Kletz - 1993 - 196 Seiten
...have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. 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. ' (The original is quoted in Economic Briefing,... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 Seiten
...have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. 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. However let us hearken... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 322 Seiten
...self-imposed 'taxes,' Father Abraham offers the following trio: "We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly ..." Father Abraham continues with a special emphasis upon the wasting of time. He notes that none... | |
 | J. D. Kroft - 2000 - 310 Seiten
...were the only ones, we might easily discharge them. But 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. —Benjamin Franklin ACHING —A/so see Government... | |
 | Bob Fenster - 2000 - 290 Seiten
...who complained about the government imposing taxes that "we are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly." Following Franklin's formula, the wise man would choose idleness over pride or folly as his preferred... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 Seiten
...have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. 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. However let us hearken... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 Seiten
...have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. 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. However let us hearken... | |
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