A Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Borrow Find Lend Multitudes Need Person Willing

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Oliver Goldsmith
Irish - Novelist
November 10, 1730 - April 4, 1774

Why borrow if you are not in need of it? You must lend feet to the maximum of your bed only, and not to borrow except in the case of necessity.

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

Lend.” “Lend?” Raquel asked. “Yes, as in, lend me your self.” He shimmered into Raquel again. “Why not Borrow?” I asked. “Better yet, Steal?

Kiersten White

The volume of credit depends upon three factors: the desire to borrow, the ability to lend and the desire to lend.

Benjamin Graham

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Ambrose Bierce

Acquaintance: "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.

Ambrose Bierce

I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

Laura San Giacomo

There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.

Patrick Rothfuss

Just because someone will lend money to you doesn't mean you should borrow it.

Jean Chatzky

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

Amy Klobuchar

Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.

James Ellis

When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame.

Lorraine Toussaint

Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.