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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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Love Quote

Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.

- Katharine Hepburn

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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

- Ann Landers

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Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

- Albert Einstein

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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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The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

- Confucius

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