He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease
to ask of me. He who read more

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease
to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have
nothing to refuse.

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not read more

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.

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,

He who borrows sells his freedom.

He who borrows sells his freedom.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing read more

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry.

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.

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.

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.