Wednesday, October 21, 2015

To thine own self be true

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”


― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov 


Polonius:
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.
Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!

Laertes:
Most humbly do I take my leave, my lord.


― Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 78–82
 

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