"Leve aes alienum debitorem facit, grave inimicum."
— Debt

January 1, 1970

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A trifling debt makes a man your debtor; a large one makes him an enemy. — Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius) (c. 65), Letter XIX: On worldliness and retirement, line 11.