This line is spoken by Polonius in William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet." He gives this advice to his son, Laertes, before he departs for France. The quote emphasizes the importance of being honest and true to oneself, and warns against getting involved in lending or borrowing money, which can lead to troubles.
"To be or not to be, that is the question" Hamlet"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him . . ." Hamlet"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" Polonius"This above all, to thine own self be true" Polonius"The Lady doth protest too much, methinks" GertrudeThere will, of course, be a lot of argument about other quotations which might make this list. There is no argument about which one is number one.
Are you looking for phrases or just individual words? Phrases include: To thine own self be true ..with bated breath There is something rotten in the state of Denmark. To be or not to be-that is the question. Neither a borrower or a lender be Sweets for the sweet Not a mouse stirring ..a foregone conclusion I am sure there is more, that's all I can think of at the moment.
From Romeo and Juliet: * "Parting is such sweet sorrow." * "What is in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet." * "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." * "Tempt not a desperate man." * "Oh Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo?" From Hamlet: * "In my mind's eye . . ." * "That it should come to this!" * "The lady doth protest too much." * To be or not to be: That is the question. * This above all: to thine own self be true. * Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Some Famous Qoutations From Various Shakespeare Plays"To be, or not to be: that is the question". - Hamlet (Act III, Scene I)."Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry". - Hamlet (Act I, Scene III)."This above all: to thine own self be true". - Hamlet (Act I, Scene III)"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him". - (Act III, Scene II)."But, for my own part, it was Greek to me". - (Act I, Scene II)."The course of true love never did run smooth". - (Act I, Scene I).
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
"This above all: to thine own self be true" is a quote from Hamlet by Shakespeare.
Thy and Thine are Elizabethan informal second person singular possessives like "your". In Elizabethan times "your" was formal, "thy" and "thine" were informal or familiar. For the plural, "your" was the only option.Where we would use "your", "thy" is the regular word, and "thine" is the form used before a word starting with a vowel, in the same way as we say "a cat" but "an enemy". In Romeo and Juliet, "thine" is used about 13 times. A number of these are "thine own", "thine eyes", "thine ear" and "thine enemy". In all of these you can substitute "your" for "thine", as in "It was the nightingale, and not the lark, That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;" which means the same as "It was the nightingale and not the lark that pierced the fearful hollow of your ear."There are actually two different uses for "thine", however. Sometimes "thine" is the equivalent to the word "yours". For example, Romeo says to Tybalt, "for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company". What he means is: "Mercutio's soul is . . . staying (waiting) for yours to keep him company." "Thine" is also the informal, familiar and in this case contemptuous form of the more formal "Yours".
polonius says this quote in the Shakespeares play "HAMLET"
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In the quotation 'To thine own self be true' thine is used for the word 'your'. It says 'Be true to yourself'.
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