Debt Proverbs

Sayings about Debt

Debt is beautiful only after it is repaid. ~ Russian Proverb

A debt is still unpaid, even if forgotten. ~ Irish Proverb

Rich is he who has no debts, fortunate he who lives without handicap. ~Mongolian Proverb

A pound's worth of tears will not settle a penny's worth of debt. ~ Corsican Proverb

A debt is always new. ~ Estonian Proverb

Interest on debts grows without rain. ~ Yiddish Proverb

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~ Malay Proverb

Gold is a debt we can repay, but kindness not till our dying day. ~ Malawian Proverb

Debts are like children, the smaller they are the louder they scream. ~ Spanish Proverb

Loans and debts make worry and frets. ~ Traditional Proverb

The benefits you get become the debts you owe to others. ~ Arabian Proverb

Promises make debts, and debts make promises. ~ Dutch Proverb

There is a great uproar made about the debt of a poor man. ~ Indian Proverb

God often pays debts without money. ~ Irish Proverb

The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts. ~ Indian Proverb

Going to bed without dinner is better than waking up in debt. ~ Jamaican Proverb

Sorrow does not pay any debts. ~ German Proverb

If you want to sleep well, buy the bed of a bankrupt. ~ Spanish Proverb

Debts make the thief. ~ Malagasy Proverb

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt. ~ Italian Proverb

When death comes, the rich man has no money and the poor man no debt. ~ Estonian Proverb

Out of debt, out of danger. ~ Traditional Proverb

My debtor is a worse payer even than I am. ~ Arabian Proverb

An old debt is better than an old grudge. ~ Jamaican Proverb

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise they make. ~ Spanish Proverb

Old debts are never paid, and the new ones get old easily. ~ South American Proverb

Better be in debt than in shame. ~ Croatian Proverb

Happy is the man without sickness. Rich is the man with no debts. ~ Chinese Proverb

Talking of an old debt always starts another quarrel. ~ Catalonian Proverb

Big ships often sail on big debts. ~ Chinese Proverb

Poverty without debt is real wealth. ~ African Proverb

Debts are like women, once you have them you can't get rid of them. ~ Iranian Proverb

The rich man doesn't pay, the debtor does. ~ Yiddish Proverb

A dead man pays no debts. ~ Serbian Proverb

Debt severs love. ~ Afghan Proverb

Three kinds of people die poor: those who divorce, those who incur debts, and those who move around too much. ~ Senegalese Proverb

Shame is forgotten, debts are not. ~ Chinese Proverb

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. ~ English Proverb

He who marries a widow also marries her debts. ~ French Proverb

An agreement is a kind of debt. ~ Moroccan Proverb

Three things come into the house uninvited: debts, age, and death. ~ German Proverb

Good manners can be paid for with compliments, but only the sound of money will pay your debts. ~ Chinese Proverb

A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy. ~ Irish Proverb

There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes. ~ Iranian Proverb

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