“It's better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.”

—  Philip Gibbs

England Speaks http://books.google.com/books?id=bCMrAAAAIAAJ&q=%22It's+better+to+give+than+to+lend+and+it+costs+about+the+same%22&pg=PA328#v=onepage (1935)

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