Jean-Baptiste Colbert Professions : French Politician Born : August 29, 1619 Died : September 6, 1683 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Jean-Baptiste Colbert The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. Jean-Baptiste Colbert business art religion When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. Jean-Baptiste Colbert fool office kings The objective is to pluck the geese in such a manner as to obtain the greatest number of feathers with the least amount of hissing. Jean-Baptiste Colbert hissing pluck numbers Similar Authors Bruno Le Maire french-politician Antoine Pinay french-politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin french-politician Bertrand Delanoe french-politician Bertrand Barere french-politician Bernard Kouchner french-politician All Authors
