Denzel Washington
Actor, Director
"Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though."
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Payment
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer."
James Monroe
Politician
"The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it."
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"The payment of the worker is not determined by the value of his product."
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"When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment."
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"Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all."
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"In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great."
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"In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary."
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"Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government."
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"Alas! how deeply painful is all payment!"
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