OWE v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness but possession; it meant own and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.
The gentleman has not seen how to reply to this otherwise than by supposing me to have advanced the doctrine that a national debt is a national blessing.
I?m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell Is he who hiding one thing in his heart Utters another.
His brow is wet with honest sweat he earns whatever he can And looks the whole world in the face For he owes not any man.
A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.’08-02-2010
Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive.
I am falser than vows made in wine.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else But a lie reduced to practice and falsehood passing from words into things.
When some men discharge an obligation you can hear the report for miles around.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
OWE v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness but possession; it meant own and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities.
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
Rob Peter and pay Paul.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest and seems against others interest to pay the principle.
A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing.
Let the world slide 2 let the world go; A fig for care and a fig for woe! If I cant pay why I can owe And death makes equal the high and low.
Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill!
Most men remember obligations but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
The gentleman has not seen how to reply to this otherwise than by supposing me to have advanced the doctrine that a national debt is a national blessing.
Better to eat vegetables and fear no creditors than eat duck and hide from them.
You cant squeeze blood out of a turnip.
The hope of all who suffer The dread of all who wrong.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Whoso hath a thing wherewith to discharge a debt and refuseth to do it it is right to dishonor and punish him.