Quote of the Day for Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend

Polonius, in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1603

Our note: Polonius warns Laertes about money between friends.

Verified in the full text of Hamlet on Project Gutenberg · Project Gutenberg ebook #100 · Collected in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Painted the same decade: The Golden Age, Joachim Wtewael, 1605

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