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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.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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.
A church debt is the devil's salary.
A church debt is the devil's salary.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow
Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow
