John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3938 Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3938 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) |
| QUOTATION: | He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1757. |
| Note 1. See Tusser, Quotation 5. [back] |