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Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic
virtue.
Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic
virtue.
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.
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,
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
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.
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to
borrow, rather than to lend him read more
He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to
borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only
the half.
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.
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.
He who borrows sells his freedom
He who borrows sells his freedom
