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Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime.

— Benjamin Disraeli

More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
  2. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
  3. Success is the child of audacity.
  4. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
  5. Despair is the conclusion of fools.
  6. Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
  7. I am prepared for the worst, but hope the best.
  8. Man is not a rational animal. He is only truly good or great when he acts from passion.

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Topics in this quote

  • morality
  • crime
  • debt
  • finance

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