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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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
He who borrows sells his freedom.
He who borrows sells his freedom.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
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.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry.