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What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. - Th

What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine

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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. – Thomas Paine

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Happiness
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Thomas Paine
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. – Thomas Paine

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Independence Day
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Thomas Paine
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Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin, letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789 November 13th

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Taxes

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher. – Albert Einstein, about filling out his income tax form, 1944

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Taxes

All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell for sure what the income tax law says. – Walter B. Wriston

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Taxes

Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed. – Daniel Defoe, The Political History of the Devil, 1726

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People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. – Agnes Repplier

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I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do. – Rosalind Wiseman

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