The old miracle of the prophet and the meal and the oil is outdone immeasurably in our days, for they go there poor one year, and go home rich; in four years they become moneylenders, all by a trust in that gracious providence that takes care of legislators' salaries.
"The Art of Public Speaking"
Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
Thus we leave the pre-Academic Oxford a flourishing town, with merchants and moneylenders.
"Oxford"
Lang, Andrew
Already the moneylenders sitting on their chests form a veritable nightmare; but with fresh debts by the thousand million sterling being contracted, there is great danger that the mass-peoples beneath will be worse paralysed and broken even than they are now-unless, indeed, with a great effort they rouse themselves and throw off the evil burden.
"The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife"
Edward Carpenter