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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. –William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (1564-1616)
This is one of the most popular quotes from Shakespeare, but it is dangerous to attribute the sentiment to him. The words are put into the mouth of Polonius in Hamlet, and there has been much debate about whether Polonius is supposed to be a wise man or a windbag. In the context of the whole speech of which these lines are the climax, I tend toward the latter opinion.
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