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“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

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Polonius delivers the line while advising his son Laertes to stay out of Hamlet's affairs, without noticing that he is quoting himself. The irony is part of the point: honesty is easier to recommend than to practise.

Source: Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1

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