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    Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
    besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is
    that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners.

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What question can be here? Your own true heart
Must needs advise you of the only part:
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What question can be here? Your own true heart
Must needs advise you of the only part:
That may be claim'd again which was but lent,
And should be yielded with no discontent,
Nor surely can we find herein a wrong,
That it was left us to enjoy it long.

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He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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He who borrows sells his freedom.

He who borrows sells his freedom.

by German Proverb Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do read more

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

by Artemus Ward Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.

Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.

by Kin Hubbard Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the read more

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the men who borrow, and the men who lend.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working tools.
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Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working tools.
- Thomas Tusser,

by Thomas Tusser Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.

The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.

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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender.

by Bible Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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