Quote#Wisdom
A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to…
Quote byCharles Dickens · 1812–1870
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Little Dorrit (1855-1857), Bk. I, Ch. 23.
English (original)
A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs, to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking match.
— Charles Dickens
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