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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 mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.
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.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
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.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
A man in debt is so far a slave.
A man in debt is so far a slave.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.
