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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: VISA & Mastercard & Shakespeare
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 10:57:15 EDT
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[You cannot petition the Lord with prayer]

> Well, in a play written by Shakespeare named Hamlet, a character named
> Polonius said:
> 
> 	Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
> 	For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
> 	And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
> 	This above all -- to thine own self be true,
> 	And it must follow, as the night the day,
> 	Thou canst not then be false to any man.
> 
> However, Polonius was portrayed as a fool, so if you wish to take the
> advice of a fool, feel free.

A fool?  A windbag rather.  One can get good advice from windbags; ask
any netuser.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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