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    You give me back, Phoebus, my bond for four hundred thousand
    sesterces; lend me rather a hundred thousand more. Seek some one
    else to whom you may vaunt your empty present: what I cannot pay
    you, Phoebus, is my own.

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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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If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.

If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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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.

by Josh Billings Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 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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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.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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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.

by Francois Rabelais 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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