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Lending Quotes

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1950). “Nathan the Wise: (Nathan der Weise)”

When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.

George Soros (2008). “The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means”, p.15, PublicAffairs

So you know, everyone points out Greece's default record, but the history of a lot of sovereign nations is not a good one when it comes to lending them money.

"Q&A With Jim Chanos Part I: 'Greece Is A Prelude'". Interview with Vince Veneziani, www.businessinsider.com. April 13, 2010.

To borrow scarce is better than to beg; As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Kuno Fischer (1867). “Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem”, p.90

To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de, Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu (2005). “The Spirit of Laws”, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.