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Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
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.
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If read more
Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves.
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.
Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes read more
Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.
A man in debt is so far a slave.
A man in debt is so far a slave.
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.
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.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.