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Originally Posted by StoryEnthusiast
One of my favorite quotes is "the borrower is the slave of the lender" (Proverbs 22:7). Sadly, many in the world have long forgotten this piece of wisdom written some 3,000 years ago by Solomon.
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Too bad it's not actually true... (Unless we're talking about loan sharks or foolish people who borrow way too much).
Staying on topic: I've way too many favorite quotes, but I've been thinking about one from
The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy:
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It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much–the wheel, New York, wars and so on–whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man–for precisely the same reasons.
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