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Brief author info: Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) French statesman and Minister of Finance to Louis XIV of France.

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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.

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Motivational Quote

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.

- Muhammad Ali

Life Quote

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

- Oscar Wilde

Marriage Quote

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

- Marilyn Monroe

Trust Quote

You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

- Marilyn Monroe

Sad Quote

Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

- Mark Twain

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