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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.
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 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.
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.
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
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 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.
