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Are Polonius's admonitions to Laertes and Ophelia in Act I, Scene iii good advice? What does his advice suggest about life at court?
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Some of the most familiar quotations in the English langauge are found in Polonious' cautioning to Laeretes, among them, "Neither a borrowerer nor a lender be" and "To thine own self be true."...
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