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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
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.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.
'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.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime
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 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.