Quote#Friendship
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
Quote byWilliam Shakespeare · 1564–1616
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1600–1), Polonius, Act I, scene iii..
English (original)
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine ownself be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
— William Shakespeare
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