- nothing is certain but death and taxes
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Proverb.Origin'In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.', Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789
Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
nothing is certain but death and taxes
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