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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by Dig1t on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:39PM (#34313136)
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."

-Shakespear

I've just followed this my entire life and it has served me very well. Other than a mortgage, I never borrow, and other than family emergencies, I never lend.

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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by n4r9 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @01:55PM (#34329635)
Worth noting that this quotation is spoken by Polonius in Hamlet. According to Wikipedia:

> He is chief counsellor of the play's ultimate villain, Claudius, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Generally regarded as wrong in every judgment he makes over the course of the play, Polonius is described by William Hazlitt as a "sincere" father, but also "a busy-body, [who] is accordingly officious, garrulous, and impertinent".

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