Quote#Money & Wealth
In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness,…
Quote byBenjamin Franklin · 1706–1790
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor (29 November 1766).
English (original)
In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty
— Benjamin Franklin
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