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> [I borrow to pay my honest debts and not to squander foolishly. What's more, I confine my borrowing to those who can well afford it. I don't go around sponging on widows and orphans unless they have plenty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-borrow-to-pay-my-honest-debts-and-not-to-squander-foolishly-what-s/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

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> [Borrowing has a bad name, but you would be surprised how it helps in a pinch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/borrowing-has-a-bad-name-but-you-would-be-surprised-how-it-helps-in-a/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

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## More by Will Cuppy

> [“Hatshepsut has been called the first great woman of history. She simply appointed herself King of Egypt and that was all there was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/hatshepsut-has-been-called-the-first-great-woman-of-history-she/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [“Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/intelligence-is-the-capacity-to-know-what-we-are-doing-and-instinct/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/henry-viii-had-so-many-wives-because-his-dynastic-sense-was-very/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [ \[Footnote:\] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-whale-called-balaena-or/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/frogs-will-eat-red-flannel-worms-fed-to-them-by-biologists-this/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/even-as-a-child-back-in-indiana-whenever-i-took-a-butterbelly-off-the/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [“Would it not be downright cruel to keep him in semi-captivity in a town or city, where the opportunities for wreaking havoc and destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/would-it-not-be-downright-cruel-to-keep-him-in-semi-captivity-in-a/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/alexander-iii-of-macedon-is-known-as-alexander-the-great-because-he/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [“The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/the-average-sparrow-is-something-of-a-bore-and-the-trouble-is-that/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably-skipped-more-poetry-than/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [“All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/all-modern-men-are-descended-from-wormlike-creatures-but-it-shows/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [ \[Footnote:\] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-the-female-of-any-species-is-generally-regarded-as-a/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [ It is because of his brain that \[modern man\] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-is-because-of-his-brain-that-modern-man-has-risen-above-the/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-s-easy-to-see-the-faults-in-people-i-know-it-s-hardest-to-see-the/)

[Will Cuppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-cuppy/)

> [I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-am-billed-as-a-humorist-but-of-course-i-am-a-tragedian-at-heart/)

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