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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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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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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.

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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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He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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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.

by Bible 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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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.

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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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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.

by Kin Hubbard Found in: Borrowing Quotes,
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