When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. — Jean-Baptiste Colbert Copy Share Image
“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.” — Jean-Baptiste Colbert Copy Share Image
The objective is to pluck the geese in such a manner as to obtain the greatest number of feathers with the least amount of… — Jean-Baptiste Colbert Copy Share Image
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of… — Jean-Baptiste Colbert Copy Share Image
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. — Jean-Baptiste Colbert Copy Share Image
