Synonyms for borrowed
bor·rowed

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1. List of paraphrases for "borrowed":

   loaned

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1. Warren Bennis:

   People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

2. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

3. Ray Duncan:

   We made the ’72, ’73, ’74 and ’75 before we sold our first bottle of wine. My dad had the faith and trust in Justin to do that, we basically borrowed all the money. It was not that expensive. Nobody was here—there was nothing going on. The investment on the first vintage was probably $5 a bottle, or $60 a case.

4. Wendell Berry:

   We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. (Actually appearing as "a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children" in _The Unforeseen Wilderness: An Essay on Kentucky’s Red River Gorge_, published 1971)

5. Gordana Biernat:

   All you truly "own" is your SELF. Everything else is borrowed in the illusion of time and space. Treasure yourself.