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If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.
"If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone."— William Shakespeare
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Meaning of this quote
Personal integrity is linked with treating other people honestly. In the play, the underlying advice is part of Polonius’s instructions to Laertes.
Key takeaway:
Keep your conduct consistent with your professed values.
Origin of the quote
Paraphrase of Hamlet, Act I, Scene III.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe play uses a different formulation beginning with advice to be true to one’s own self. The post modernizes and rewrites it.
