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He who borrows sells his freedom
He who borrows sells his freedom
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.