We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves
- John Buchan
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Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt
- Herbert Hoover
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To read means to borrow; to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debts
- Lichtenberg
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A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last
- Joseph Newton
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Debt is the slavery of the free
- Syrus
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For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life
- Alfred D'Souza
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Lies written in ink can never disguise facts written in blood. Blood debts must be repaid in kind. The longer the delay, the greater the interest
- Lu Xun
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