'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.

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'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.

Christopher Bullock

1716

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Bullock, Christopher. The Cobler of Preston. 24 Jan. 1716, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, England, UK.

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