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.

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.

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.

He who borrows sells his freedom

He who borrows sells his freedom

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.

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.

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.

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.