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To borrow scarce is better than to beg As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Age: 52 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 22
Died: 1781
Died: February 15
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