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Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

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“He that drinks fast, pays slow.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“If you’d know the value of money, go and borrow some.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“If you’d lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Industry pays debts, despair increases them.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Lend money to an enemy, and thou’lt gain him, to a friend and thou’lt lose him.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Rather go to bed supperless, than run in debt for a breakfast.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Sleep without supping, and you'll rise without owing for it.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Best use of money is to pay debts.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“For our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.”

Albert Einstein · No reliable source

Works

Benjamin Franklin · 1748
Advice to a Young Tradesman

Practical advice to young tradesmen on time, credit, debt, bookkeeping, industry, frugality, and maintaining a reputation for financial reliability.

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Benjamin Franklin · 1758
The Way to Wealth

A practical essay on building financial security through industry, frugality, careful use of time, saving, and avoidance of unnecessary debt.

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