Neither a borrower nor a lender be

Phrases from Shakespeare



Neither a borrower nor a lender be





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From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1603:

LORD POLONIUS:

Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.








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