quotations about borrowing
To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring.
W. J. VOGEL
attributed, It's More Than Money
It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walden
Who builds his house with other people's money is as one who gathers stones for his own sepulchre.
APOCRYPHA
Ben Sira 21:8
A borrowed horse and your own spurs make short miles.
DANISH PROVERB
Borrowing may do for once, but make it not a custom.
J. P. BISHOP
attributed, Day's Collacon
Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.
JOE MOORE
Have You Ever Noticed?
It is easier to refuse a friend a loan than to press him for payment.
LEWIS F. KORNS
Thoughts
No man who can borrow money easily ever wants it badly.
EVAN ESAR
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