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


Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem (ed. 1867)

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Quotes

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

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

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

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