English Explanatory Dictionary

to thine own self be true

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Be yourself; be true to yourself; do not engage in self-deception.

Word forms

to thine own self be true

Etymology

From a monologue delivered by the character Polonius in Act I Scene III of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

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