In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes
Death and taxes are the only things that we can be sure of. This saying comes from the letters of Benjamin Franklin.
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in the works, in the world, in the worst way, in the wrong, in this day and age, In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes, inthral, inthrone, inti, intifada, intima
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