If I'm not mistaken Ben Franklin said "In this world nothing can be said to be certain death and taxes"One of the most famous quotations by Benjamin Franklin is: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." The source of this oft-cited quip is a letter Franklin wrote to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Leroy on November 13, 1789. Franklin wrote the letter in French, which he spoke, read and wrote fluently.
It's just written on finance books
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin (17 January, 1706 - 17 April, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath (pol.y.math: A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning), Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
The quote is "The only thing certain is death and taxes." and Benjamin Franklin said it.
Yes, everyone pays taxes. Occupation has nothing to do with taxes except the amount you earn in pay. Taxes, state and federal, are taken out of everyone's pay check each month and once a year all of us fill out a tax form to pay more. Plus, we all pay gas taxes, property taxes, car taxes, and taxes when we buy an item in a store.
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Nothing in life is certain but death and taxes.
i think Benjamin Franklin said that ... and it refers to there being NO givens in life except death and someone asking you for money ...
Benjamin Franklin is credited in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) with saying "...in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy dated 13 November 1789.
If I'm not mistaken Ben Franklin said "In this world nothing can be said to be certain death and taxes"One of the most famous quotations by Benjamin Franklin is: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." The source of this oft-cited quip is a letter Franklin wrote to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Leroy on November 13, 1789. Franklin wrote the letter in French, which he spoke, read and wrote fluently.
Ben Franklin's quote "but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes." ^ | | This statement is untrue. Although Benjamin Franklin DID state this in a letter to French physicist and writer, Jean- Baptiste Leroy. Daniel Defoe, in fact, said the statement, " Things as certain as death and taxes can be more firmly believed." Proving the above statement wrong.
It's just written on finance books
Almost. Franklin said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" in a 1789 letter reprinted in 1817 in a volume of his works.Others have made similar statements. The first known is by Daniel Defoe: "Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed." This from his book The Political History of the Devil, in 1726.
It refers to an old saying by Daniel Defoe. The meaning is nothing is certain but death and taxes. You can find more about the saying at: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/death-and-taxes.html
Ben Franklin's quote "but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes." ^ | | This statement is untrue. Although Benjamin Franklin DID state this in a letter to French physicist and writer, Jean- Baptiste Leroy. Daniel Defoe, in fact, said the statement, " Things as certain as death and taxes can be more firmly believed." Proving the above statement wrong.
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin (17 January, 1706 - 17 April, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath (pol.y.math: A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning), Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
Edward Ward in his 1724 'Dancing Devils' where he wrote 'Death and Taxes, they are certain.' Then there was Christopher Bullock had written in his 'Cobbler of Preston' (1716), ''Tis impossible to be sure of anything but death and taxes!'