"The true spirit of usury lies in taking an unjust and unreasonable advantage of their fellow creatures."
— Usury

January 1, 1970

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Burnett, J., Earl of Chesterfield v. Janssen (1750), 2 Ves. Sen. 141; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 244.