extrect from The Way to Wealth (1757) - Ben Franklin

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It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more, if we reckon all that is spent in absolute Sloth, or doing of nothing, with that which is spent in idle Employments or Amusements, that amount to nothing.

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user31716 11 years, 7 months ago
I am removing the weird capitalization. Here is one page were the quote can be found:

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/franklin.htm

It doesn't look as if the capitalization is in the original text.

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