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'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.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; read more
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of read more
Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic
Debt is the worst poverty.
Debt is the worst poverty.
