Quotes of Jean Baptiste Colbert

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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing.

- Jean Baptiste Colbert

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“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ A lot goes into everything but sometimes you have to sacrifice everything in order to achieve a lot. ”

- Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“ Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ”

- John Paul Warren

“ God's plans for you are always good and purposeful. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon

“ If we open ourselves up to our feelings, our intuition, and our spiritual centers, we become much closer to the mystery of the Universe. ”

- Patricia Lynn

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Armed with positive thoughts, it becomes easier to focus on your goals, while the opposite also holds true. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Love isn't a feeling or emotion that changes timely, it's everlasting... ”

- Gandhi

“ One chooses who they decide to love but never determines who will love them back. The woman’s first two considerations are respect and financial security which centers on the core of personality traits; a man reveres persona of physical and sexuality; these two impostors have little relevance of character. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ What if it becomes less about how we look and more about how much we care? What if it becomes less about how much money we earn and more about how much we share our good fortune? Imagine a world where who we are in our hearts is the ultimate status symbol. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward