best quotations about
Debt & Borrowing |
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Quotations
 | Debt is the slavery of the free man. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 17 likes |
 | A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 10 likes |
 | Give money, don't lend it. Giving only makes ungrateful people, lending makes enemies. — Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer 7 likes |
 | We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 6 likes |
 | A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 6 likes |
 | The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 5 likes |
 | There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 4 likes |
 | Creditors have better memories than debtors. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 3 likes |
 | Some people are so embarrassed when they borrow money that they don’t dare to pay it back. — Frédéric Dard, 1921-2000, French writer 3 likes |
 | Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 3 likes |
 | Debt is the worst poverty. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 3 likes |
 | On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 2 likes |
 | I have nothing, owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor. — François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer (His last will) 1 likes |
 | Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes. |
 | Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence – those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. |
Funny Quotes
 | Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Loans make slaves out of free men. Τα δάνεια δούλους τους ελευθέρους ποιεί. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 5 likes |
