Sayings about Borrowing
They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting. ~ Russian Proverbs
Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. ~ Traditional Proverb
He who does not want to lend loses friends; he who lends gains enemies. ~ German Proverbs
Lend everyone your ears, give a hand to your friends but give your lips only to a woman. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Who ventures to lend, loses money and friend. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Swedish Proverbs
We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~ American Proverbs
A borrowed mule soon gets a bad back. ~ Syrian Proverbs
Borrowed clothes are either too tight or too loose. ~ Filipino Proverbs
You only lend to rich people. ~ French Proverbs
During the battle you cannot lend your sword to anyone. ~ Bosnian Proverbs
If you lend something you may lose it, but not if you give it. ~ French Proverb
People lend only to the rich. ~ Traditional Proverb
You easily lend bread to the one who has flour. ~ French Proverb
Your friend lends and your enemy asks for payment. ~ Dutch Proverb
Borrowed bread lies heavy on the stomach. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs
Be sure not to owe anything to the rich, and don’t lend anything to the poor. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
Lending nourishes bad feeling. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Borrowed money shortens time; working for others lengthens it. ~ Chinese Proverb
He who lends to the poor get his interest from God. ~ German Proverb
Better to wash an old kimono than borrow a new one. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Happiness does not give, it only lends. ~ Danish Proverbs
A borrowed fiddle does not finish a tune. ~ Zimbabwean Proverb
Lending is the firstborn of poverty. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
If you want to know the value of money, go and borrow some. ~ Spanish Proverb
A borrower may not lend the thing he borrowed. ~ Hebrew Proverb
A borrowed coat does not keep one warm. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
Good luck comes in slender currents, misfortune in a rolling tide. ~ Irish Proverbs
Borrowed garments never fit well. ~ Traditional Proverb
Don’t shoot people you hate; don’t lend to those you love. ~ Cambodian Proverb
If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again. ~ Portuguese Proverb
Borrowed wives, like borrowed books, are seldom returned. ~ American Proverb
Never marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper. ~ Scottish Proverbs
If you borrow some chaff from the rich man you have to repay him with wheat. ~ Finnish Proverbs
You can’t force anyone to love you or lend you money. ~ Jewish Proverbs
You should only attempt to borrow from those who have but few of this world’s goods, as their chests are not of iron, and they are, besides, anxious to appear wealthier than they really are. ~ Heinrich Heine
Lend money to someone who won’t pay you back and he’ll hate you. ~ Chinese Proverb
Does your neighbor bore you? Lend him some money. ~ Italian Proverbs
Today must not borrow from tomorrow. ~ German Proverb
He who lends to a friend loses twice. ~ French Proverb
Quick to borrow is always slow to pay. ~ Traditional Proverb
Don’t worry if you borrow — worry if you lend. ~ Russian Proverb
An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late. ~ Portuguese Proverb
We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children. ~ Kenyan Proverbs
Before borrowing money from a friend decide which you need most. ~ American Proverb
He who is quick to borrow, is slow to pay. ~ German Proverb
The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade says, “I hope I will not find one”. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Your wife and your wheelbarrow — lend them to no one. ~ Luxembourg Proverb
If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back. ~ Iranian Proverb
Don’t borrow another’s nose to breathe with. ~ Thai Proverb
Lend to God and the earth — they both pay good interest. ~ Swedish Proverb
A borrowed cat catches no mice. ~ Japanese Proverb
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Quotations about Borrowing
The borrower runs in his own debt. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft. ~ Samuel Johnson
When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue. ~ Francois Rabelais
Loans and debts make worry and frets. ~ Author Unknown
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. ~ Bible
If you lend a person any money, it becomes lost for any purpose as one’s own. When you ask for it back again, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press still further, either you must part with that which you have intrusted, or else you must lose that friend. ~ Titus Maccius Plautus
Don’t be one to remember everything lent, but forget everything borrowed. ~ Author Unknown
The reason why borrowed books are so seldom returned to their owners is that it is much easier to retain the books than what is in them. ~ Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. ~ Doris Lessing
Debt is a bottomless sea. ~ Thomas Carlyle
Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. ~ Cicero
Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with. ~ Artemus Ward
And whatever you lend, let it be your money, and not your name. Money you may get again, and, if not, you may contrive to do without it; name once lost you cannot get again, and, if you can contrive to do without it, you had better never have been born. ~ Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton
The borrower is servant to the lender. ~ Bible
If you would know the value of money try to borrow some. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Don’t borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more. ~ Lord Burleigh
People cannot live by lending money to one another. ~ John Ruskin
Always borrow from a pessimist, he never expects anything back. ~ Author Unknown
No remedy against this consumption of the purse; borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable. ~ William Shakespeare
Loan oft loses both itself and friend. ~ William Shakespeare