Commentary for Bava Metzia 189:16

הניחא למאן דאית ליה דיו אלא למאן דלית ליה דיו מאי איכא למימר

But even so, [the law of] a borrower cannot be deduced from [that of] a paid bailee, since it [the similarity] may be refuted. As for a paid bailee, that [sc. his non-liability for theft when the owner is in his service] is because he is exempt in the case of injury and death: will you say the same of a borrower, who is liable for these? — But [reason this]: Whence do we know that a borrower is liable for theft and loss [at all]? [Is it not] because we deduce it from a paid bailee?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As stated supra. ');">¹⁶</span>

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