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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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Change Quote

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

- Maya Angelou

Strength Quote

Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it's letting go.

- Sylvia Robinson

Inspirational Quote

You cannot wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

- Jack London

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A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

- Marilyn Monroe

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

- Aristotle

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