“When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.” FoolKingsOfficeProvidence Author:Jean-Baptiste Colbert
“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.” NumbersAmountObjectivesFeathersGeesePluckHissing Author:Jean-Baptiste Colbert
“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.” ArtReligionBusinessAmountTaxesFeathersTaxationIncome TaxGeeseHissing Author:Jean-Baptiste Colbert
