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Hi this is tutor Nick P and this is Quotes four today we're going to look at a Shakespeare
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quote from Hamlet okay and here's actually the quote neither a borrower nor
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a lender be for loan oft loses itself and friend yeah well this is very clear
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advice the advice was actually given to Hamlet so don't be the person who lends
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the money to someone but don't also be the person who borrows the money it's
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bad for both of you actually in many many ways so neither a borrower
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nor a lender be for loan oft oft is old English to me often loan oft loses
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itself so you lose the money loan loses itself means the money is gone and friend so you if you're
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the lender so it's probably even worse for the lender because he's lost both he's lost
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the money he's lost his friend and probably a lot
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of bad feelings that he has to deal with okay so let's uh let's quickly cover it
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this Shakespeare quote literally means it is better not to be the person who
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lends the money or who borrows the money if you are the lender there is high risk
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you will lose both your money and your friend if you are the borrower you may
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have to feel guilty about not returning the money or have to deal with avoiding
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the lender you will probably also lose your friend who may have helped you in
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more ways in the future if he wasn't cheated than the mere value of the loan so so
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the borrower may lose out even a lot more than the borrower I mean yeah then
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the borrower realizes because maybe he thinks well he didn't have to return the
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money he got away with the money but you know you've sometimes we say you to burn
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bridges you've burned a bridge and you could you can't get help from that
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friend anymore that friend is gone it's never going to help you again so and you
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know in life it's not easy to have a lot of good friends so if you lose a good
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you know you've cut you cut ties you've burnt bridges and you know that's it
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can't get help from that person again so who knows he may have lost out a lot
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more than than just what the value of that money was oh okay I hope it
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clarifies it clarifies what this quote means it's a good life lesson thank you
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thank you for your time