SHAKESPEARE SAID

 

SHAKESPEARE SAID

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.”

                                   

These lines of practical advice are by British Playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and are found in his play Hamlet, Act I.

 

Given below is another piece of valuable advice which occurs in King Lear, Act I.

 

“Have more than thou showest,

Speak less than thou knowest.

Lend less than thou owest

Ride more than thou goest,

Learn more than thou trowest,

Set less than thou throwest,

Leave thy drink and thy whore,

And keep in-a-door,

And thou shall have more

Than two tens to a score.

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G.R.Kanwal

22 December 2023