Samuel Smiles: The first step in debt is like the first step in falsehood, involving the…

The first step in debt is like the first step in falsehood, involving the necessity of going on in the same course, debt following debt, as lie follows lie.

In today’s wordsThe first step into debt is like the first step into a lie: it forces you to keep going the same way, debt after debt, as one lie follows another.