"It is always so pleasant to be generous,……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
A little praise goes a great ways.

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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the… — Margaret Atwood
All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics… — Michele Bachmann
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you… — Michele Bachmann
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal… — Michele Bachmann
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. — Ernie Banks
The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created. — Javier Bardem
If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. — John Barrymore
A church debt is the devil's salary. — Henry Ward Beecher
Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. — Ambrose Bierce
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. — Ambrose Bierce
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. — Aesop
I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's… — Michael Bloomberg

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