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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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Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

- William James

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It always seems impossible until it's done.

- Nelson Mandela

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Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.

- Oscar Wilde

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The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

- Alexander Penney

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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

- Lou Holtz

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