a-sorrowing

Updated: June 22, 2025

The first step in debt is like the first step in falsehood; almost involving the necessity of proceeding in the same course, debt following debt, as lie follows lie. Haydon, the painter, dated his decline from the day on which he first borrowed money. He realized the truth of the proverb, "Who goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing."

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance