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 forefathers are characteristic of a people who were helpful, obliging, and kind-hearted—borrowing from and lending to each other, In those days the useful inplements that minister to the comfort and convenience of every-day life were few and of a rude sort, and these only possessed by the more fortunate. Hence:

He who supplies all seekers will soon exhaust his own resources.

The duty of taking care of borrowed articles is taught in the saying :

Tig means to beg, and tarrow signifies to slight or refuse. Hence persons that beg should never be fastidious. Similar to the popular saying: