Neither a borrower nor a lender be
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What's the meaning of the phrase 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be'?
Literal meaning.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be'?
From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1602:
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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