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" 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 25
by Benjamin Franklin - 1907
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.I. Letters on ...

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...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volume 51

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...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volume 51

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...
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Constitutional Brinksmanship: Amending the Constitution by National Convention

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,...
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Mon Cher Papa: Franklin and the Ladies of Paris

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...
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Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service - Business & Economics - 1992 - 292 pages
...man cometh. As Mr. Franklin wrote over 200 years ago to his friend Jean-Baptiste lx.-roy of France: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Mr. Chairman, that our Nation must levy and collect taxes for the public good is indeed inevitable....
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The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

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,...
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Connectionist Speech Recognition: A Hybrid Approach

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...
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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder

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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