Neither a borrower nor a lender be
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2021
The age old adage applies: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be".
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2015
Old Polonius warned, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be," suggesting both should bear the cost if things go wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2011
He recalled the old saying, Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, 20 And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)
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