Quote of the Day for 2016-05-17

"Debts and lies are generally mixed together."

— François Rabelais (circa 1483-1553) Gargantua and Pantagruel, book 3, chapter 5 (1546)

Salanio and Salarino meet Shylock by Sir John Gilbert (1873) from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-04

"It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes."

— Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," The Chameleon, December 1894, Page 2

Tracey Walter as Miller and Emilio Estevez as Otto, in Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-01

"Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound; great debts are like cannon, of loud noise but little danger."

— Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Letter to Joseph Simpson, circa 1759.

Greeks demonstrate in front of the country's parliament on February 16, 2015 in a pro-government demonstration
after Athens rejected an initial EU bailout offer as "absurd" and "unacceptable" (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)