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‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.’
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 by Shakespeare
That $100 you wanted to borrow~
Forget it, I don’t want my edge dulled!!!!!
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Categories:
lender, humor,
Form: Free verse
What a Borrower Saw In Lenders Eyes
At first, Henry did not grasp a thing:
The look in Sam’s eyes at that moment.
Was it trying to some warning bell ring
And its stark rebuff reward with ailment?
In it Henry sensed, at last, full danger
At mood’s good study not a full stranger…
There was a drowning man in Sam’s eyes
While he held out a challenging
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Categories:
lender, analogy, business, fear, money,
Form: Rhyme
A Borrower Softens His Voice
It is a business truth
And transformer of lenders into Ruth
Who have been infamous Shylock
Or a hesitant safe with lock ...
A borrower to soften his voice
And watch its magic
By far more helpful than a cobra’s poise
Or Insistent Logic;
A lender’s lost key to his savings booth
Quietly warranting a hammer or Jaguar’s tooth
The voice of the
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Categories:
lender, business, change, cheer up,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
lender, life,
Form: Haiku
Neither Borrower Nor Lender Be
The past is left in mourning,
the future still unknown
The present disavows them both,
not borrowed—never loaned
(Dreamsleep: August, 2019)
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Categories:
lender, time,
Form: Rhyme
Money Lender
you can get you bet
money in the hand
only if you do
and understand
the plan
some or money order sender
MONEY LENDER
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Categories:
lender, hope, people,
Form: Light Verse
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be
NEITHER A BORROWER NOR LENDER BE
Because lending to friend may lose you that friend:
If he cannot repay and feels indebted, his burden is double:
How to be independent is what he needs to learn ;
And borrowing for myself discourages me to think of the end:
And such sloppy thinking will land me in
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Categories:
lender, friendship, me,
Form: Verse
Never a Borrower Nor a Lender Be
Never a borrower nor a lender be
That is my simple philosophy
But if the need you can’t resist
Borrow money from a pessimist
A positive attitude they sadly lack
So they don’t really expect it back
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Categories:
lender, funny
Form: I do not know?