I dont know ov enny thing more remorseless, on the face ov the earth, than 7 per cent interest.

[I don’t know of anything more remorseless on the face of the earth than 7 percent interest.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]

Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-03 (1871 ed.)
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