 | William Peterfield Trent, Benjamin Willis Wells - 1903 - 1042 Seiten
...we might more easily discharge them ; but we 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 mach by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us byallowing an... | |
 | William B. Dillingham - 1986 - 464 Seiten
...nearly so heavy and enervating as 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... | |
 | James L. Huston - 1999 - 340 Seiten
...Samuel M. Wolfe, Helper's Impending Crisis Dissected (Philadelphia, 1860), 58. before still applied: "We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...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
...we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three...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... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 Seiten
...we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three...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... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 Seiten
...to some of us." As examples of these self-imposed 'taxes,' Father Abraham offers the following trio: "We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three...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
...very heavy, and if those laid by the government were the only ones, we might easily discharge them. But we are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...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... | |
 | Bob Fenster - 2000 - 290 Seiten
...flew kites in thunderstorms, advised people who complained about the government imposing taxes that "we are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...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
...we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 320 Seiten
...we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three...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... | |
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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... 
