Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.* Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin - Page 25by Benjamin Franklin - 1907Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...year's silence .between friends must needs give uneasiness. ., ; v .1. -r ] tS t *« I \*, /fjfiOur new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance...continues much as it has been for some time except that 1 grow thinner and weaker, so that I cannot expect to hold out much longer. i: <•. .it. My respects... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...The voice of jthilosqpliy I apprehend,, can hardly .' A member of the French Academy of Sewncesi ' be heard among those tumults. If any thing material...permanency: but in this world nothing can be said to.be certain, except death and taxes! My health continues much as it has been for some time, except... | |
| American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1912 - 682 pages
...Philadelphia. 2« Writing from Philadelphia, November 13, 1789, to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, Franklin says : " Our new Constitution is now established, and has an...can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." PROC. AMER. PHIL. SOC., LI. 2O7 L, PRINTED JAN. 2O, 1913. plan is not working so smoothly now as in... | |
| American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1912 - 702 pages
...Philadelphia. " Writing from Philadelphia, November 13, 1789, to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, Franklin says : " Our new Constitution is now established, and has an...can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." PROC. AMER. PHIL. SOC., LI. 2O^ L, PRINTED JAN. 2O, 1913. plan is not working so smoothly now as in... | |
| Russell L. Caplan - Law - 1988 - 265 pages
...ratification after a prior rejection, 60 although this conclusion is not uncontroversial. 61 Timeliness promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," In theory an application could remain effective, that is, could be aggregated toward a convention call,... | |
| Claude-Anne Lopez - Social Science - 1990 - 436 pages
...apprehend can hardly be heard among those tumults. Finally, in an outburst of national pride, he quipped: "Our new Constitution is now established, and has...nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes!"10 To be sure, few people, even among the French, had the vaguest inkling of the violence of... | |
| Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...Court. "The Supreme Court.' Quoted in: Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 3. no. 1 (London; winter 1949). 5 N; Lii DECOP6 , BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790), US slalesman, wriler. Letler, 13 Nov. 1789 (published in Complete Works,... | |
| Hervé A. Bourlard, Nelson Morgan - Computers - 1994 - 358 pages
...statistical pattern recognition.7 7 But time will tell. Chapter 2 STATISTICAL PATTERN CLASSIFICATION In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 2.1 Introduction No new engineering or scientific technique, however novel, evolves... | |
| Mary W. Cornog - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 580 pages
...to seem true to life. verity Yver-a-te\ A true fact or statement. • Ben Franklin's statement that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" is held as a verity by many. The phrase "eternal verity" is often used to mean an enduring truth or... | |
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