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Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them
Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.
Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Never spend your money before you have it.
One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.
One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.
'Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.