“Borrowing is not much better than begging.” BeggingBorrowingLendingBeggaryBegging You Book:Nathan the Wise: (Nathan der Weise) Source: Nathan the Wise: (Nathan der Weise)
“To borrow scarce is better than to beg; As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.” InterestStealingScarceLending Book:Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem Source: Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem
“I, who ne'erWent for myself a begging, go a borrowing,And that for others. Borrowing's much the sameAs begging; just as lending upon usuryIs much the same as thieving.” BeggingBorrowingLending Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing