If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still…

Charles Caleb Colton
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If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
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If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

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