Borrow

Famous quotes containing the word borrow:

“How frightening it is to have reached the height of human accomplishment in art that must forever borrow from life’s abundance.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“Ellen, I was crazy to read your book; but I never found anybody I could borrow it from!”
—Anonymous Woman (c. 1870–?)

“I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people—the worship of spirits is synonymous with barbarism—it is mere fetish.... There is something philosophic in the worship of the heroes of the human race.”
—George Borrow (1803–1881)