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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Debt

Debt is like a millstone about a man’s neck.
—Anonymous

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.
—Josh Billings

Debts are now-a-days like children, begot with pleasure, but brought forth with pain.
—Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière