Quote by Pearl Buck
Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster t

Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him. – Pearl Buck

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In this unbelievable universe in which we live there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder. – Pearl Buck

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A mans indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. – Ruth Benedict

Dont borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more. – Lord Burleigh

An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late. – Proverb

Always live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so. – Josh Billings

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The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual — namely to You. – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1892

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You cant fall back on the private sector and say, You take care of the nations banking system. Thats a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there. – Dick Cheney

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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. – Mark Twain, "The Innocents Abroad"

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