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Debt Quotes - Page 5

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.

Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.291, Barnes & Noble Publishing

Debt is the slavery of the free.

"Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 14,

Debt is one person's liability, but another person's asset.

"Paul Krugman: 'I'm sick of being Cassandra. I'd like to win for once'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2012.

The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.272, Oxford University Press, USA

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

Joseph Fort Newton (1937). “Living Every Day: A Book of Faith, Philosophy, and Fun,”

Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.106, University of Virginia Press

Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.

Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.253

The people of Maine were tired of being in debt and tired of being overtaxed.

"Gov. LePage: We're Fixing Problems in Maine". Interview with Stuart Varney, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2011.

The debts we owe ourselves are the hardest to pay.

George Meredith (1922). “The Complete Works of George Meredith”, p.5567, Library of Alexandria

Every novel is a debtor to Homer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2006). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems”, p.274, Bantam Classics