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What does the quote neither borrower nor lender be mean?

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The famous quote made by William Shakespeare "Neither a borrow nor a lender be" means don't borrow and don't lend. Polonius goes on to explain that if you lend money to a friend, you will lose both the money and the friend (who will avoid paying you back by avoiding you), and if you borrow you will fall of out of the habit of saving for purchases.

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'Neither a borrower nor a lender be' -- which Shakespeare play is this quote from?
The quote is from Hamlet, Scene 3 (Act 1 scene 3.) The Polonius character says it.
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