“Attachment is blinding; it lends an imaginary halo of attractiveness to the object of desire.”
Yukteswar Giri (1855–1936) Indian yogi and guru
Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
“The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.”
Part III, Chapter XIII, The Reservoir Plan and Credit Control, p. 154
Storage and Stability (1937)
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I, who ne'er<br>Went for myself a begging, go a borrowing,<br>And that for others. Borrowing's much the same<br>As begging; just as lending upon usury<br>Is much the same as thieving. <br class="br">Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan the Wise (1779), Act II, scene II http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/natws10.txt <br class="br">Misattributed
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Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Context: Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous
