 and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by...  Essays and Letters - Page 74by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four...cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. 26. The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four...to good advice, and something may be done for us. ' God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says. " 1. It would be thought a hard government... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pages
...; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four...hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us : ' God helps them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. "1. It would be thought a hard government... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 858 pages
...but we have many others, and I much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice аз much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four...hearken to good advice, and something may be done for Ha : ' God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says in his Almanac. '< It would be thought... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...but we have many others, and" much more grievous to some of us. — We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four...cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. — Franklin. TAXING. — Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new impositions ;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 pages
...; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much liy our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot east: or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...We are taxed twice äs much by our idleness, three times äs much by our pride, and- four times äs much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners...to good advice, and something may be done for us; „God helps them that help themselves," äs poor Richard says. „I. It would be thought a hard government... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...them, but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four...to good advice, and something may be done for us; 'God helps them that help themselves,' as poor Richard says in his almanac. " It would be thought a... | |
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