“Idleness and Pride Tax with a heavier Hand than Kings and Parliaments; If we can get rid of the former we may easily bear the Latter.”
Original source
Letter to Charles Thomson, 11 July 1765; also quoted in ''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations'', 10th ed. (1919). The last sentence is sometimes misquoted as "If we can get rid of the former, we can get ri
Letter to Charles Thomson, 11 July 1765; also quoted in ''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations'', 10th ed. (1919). The last sentence is sometimes misquoted as "If we can get rid of the former, we can get ri
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