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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
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.
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.