A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man in debt is so far a slave.
Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.
No man's credit is as good as his money.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?
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