 | 1909 - 1234 pages
...complaint he heard on every hand about the taxes that were heavy in his day, but he also stated that we are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...our pride, and four times as much by our folly, and asserted that from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him he proceeded as follows : Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid...government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We... | |
 | 1910 - 272 pages
...speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : — Friends, says he, and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid...government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We... | |
 | Frances Eggleston Blodgett, Andrew Burr Blodgett - 1910 - 504 pages
...speak his mind, and when they had gathered round him he proceeded as follows: " Friends," said he," the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we 20 had to pay, we might more easily discharge them, but we have many others and much more grievous... | |
 | Frances Eggleston Blodgett, Andrew Burr Blodgett - 1910 - 264 pages
...speak his mind, and when they had gathered round him he proceeded as follows: " Friends," said he, " the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we 20 had to pay, we might more easily discharge them, but we have many others and much more grievous... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1911 - 446 pages
...desiring him to speak his mind, and, gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : "Friends," said he, "the taxes are indeed very heavy and if those laid...idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four 1 From " Poor Richard's Almanac " for 1758. times as much by our folly, and from these taxes the commissioners... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1913 - 494 pages
...his Mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : — "Friends," says he, "and Neighbors, the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid...twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by v.— 18 our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly, and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot... | |
 | Thomas Dreier - 1913 - 200 pages
...everything under the sun except ourselves. To those who complained of the heavy taxes Poor Richard replied, "We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...our pride, and four times as much by our folly." And Shakespeare said, as you will remember, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves,... | |
 | William Dinwiddie - 1914 - 184 pages
...being or thing but that which has such a faculty, power or property as is called will. Edwards. 31. The taxes are indeed very heavy, and, if those laid...many others, and much more grievous to some of us. Franklin. 32. If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.... | |
 | 1914 - 304 pages
...speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : — Friends, says he, and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid...government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We... | |
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I will give it to you in short: for ' a word to the wise is enough,' as poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him G 2. to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows :— " Friends," says he, " the taxes are indeed very heavy... 
