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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. Jean-Baptiste Colbert		Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
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About Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
	(1769-1852) Upon seeing the first Reformed Parliament, Sir William Fraser, in 'Words on Wellington' (1889), p. 12 - British general, statesman, crushed Napoleon at Waterloo, known as iron duke.

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There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.

Circumstances over which I have no control.

Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

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