Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be | Bible or Not Bible Quotes & Famous Sayings
Shakespeare was even more hardcore.
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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.”
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The Biblical injunction was against
usury
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[T]he practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. Originally, usury meant interest of any kind.
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Islam is holding that line, sorta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking
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Sharia prohibits riba, or usury, defined as interest paid on all loans of money (although some Muslims dispute whether there is a consensus that interest is equivalent to riba)
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