The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.
The objective is to pluck the geese in such a manner as to obtain the greatest number of feathers with the least amount of hissing. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
The objective is to pluck the geese in such a manner as to obtain the greatest number of feathers with the least amount of hissing.
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