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French economist and politician
, Birth:
29-8-1619
, Death:
6-9-1683
1.
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
2.
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
3.
The objective is to pluck the geese in such a manner as to obtain the greatest number of feathers with the least amount of hissing.
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