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)
Attributing this thought to Shakespeare is a bit misleading, since these are words put into Polonius's mouth in Hamlet. He is not portrayed in the play as a trustworthy fount of wisdom but rather is generally regarded as being wrong in every judgment he makes. Certainly his last action, which precipitates the final tragedy, is catastrophic. In general, it is tricky to quote from Shakespeare's plays, or really from any work of fiction.
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