Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments.…

Benjamin Franklin
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2010). Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography & Selected Writings, p.64, American Liberty Press
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