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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,
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.
He who borrows sells his freedom
He who borrows sells his freedom
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.
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.
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.
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.
You give me back, Phoebus, my bond for four hundred thousand
sesterces; lend me rather a hundred thousand more. read more
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.
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.
