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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1517 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1517
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION: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 own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.