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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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Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do read more

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

by Artemus Ward 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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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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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.

by William Shakespeare 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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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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Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not read more

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is
that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners.

by Isaac D'israeli 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 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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